Which of the following terms best describes local government employees who deliver services directly to the people, with whom they have frequent interactions?

The number of ballots cast in an election divided by the voting-age population of a jurisdiction is one way of measuring:

The desire to make politics a career is called:

A key concept in the study of local politics, a policy is:

Revenue sharing:

Only a small minority of cities allow for initiative elections.

When comparing council-manager institutional designs and mayor-council ones:

Bond referendums allow the public to vote on a policy before it is implemented, and they are uncommon outside of California.

If good candidates are dissuaded from running because they cannot compete financially, electoral competition and, therefore, government accountability are threatened.

Home rule means: