Local redistribution and local democracy [electronic resource] : interest groups and the courts / Clayton P. Gillette.
Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.Description: xiii, 235 pISBN:- 9780300125658
- 9780300171822 (e-book)
- 339.20973 22
- HB523 .G55 2011eb

Includes bibliographical references and index.
The scope of local competence -- Why does local autonomy matter? -- The meaning and scope of local redistribution -- Why do local governments redistribute? -- Local political markets and state constitutional constraints -- Proxies for distinguishing benign and malign redistribution -- The limits of judicial intervention -- Conclusion.
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