Illinois Government Research no. 47 1978: Illinois Municipalities: Where have all the voters gone?

Walter, Oliver; Karnig, Albert

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Title

Illinois Government Research no. 47 1978: Illinois Municipalities: Where have all the voters gone?

Author(s)

• Walter, Oliver
• Karnig, Albert

Issue Date

1978-11

Keyword(s)

• Illinois government
• State government

Abstract

Politicians often lament the declining importance of local government in the United States. They point to an ever-growing, more inclusive federal government as evidence of the passing of government at the grassroots level. But judging by statistics from the last twenty years, Illinois municipalities, at least, can hardly be considered dead or even slightly ill. Thanks to the home rule provisions of the new constitution and to increased revenue from sources such as the state income tax and the federal revenue sharing programs, city governments are more active than ever before.

Publisher

Institute of Government and Public Affairs. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Series/Report Name or Number

Illinois Government Research, no. 47 (November 1978)

ISSN

0195-7783

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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