Special-purpose local governments are a name given to only those institutions that oversee power and water provision.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the population size of a city and the number of councilors on the city’s council?

Which of the following best characterizes our understanding of the effects of a mayor’s party on policy?

Most members of local legislatures receive a full-time salary once elected.

Roughly 80 percent of cities elect their councilors in nonpartisan elections.

In addition to service requirements or restrictions, a key control of the state over cities is:

The practice of responding to constituent demands to solve particular problems, often involving a bureaucracy, is:

According to scholar Nancy Burns, which of the following is a reason new city governments are incorporated?

Which of the following is true of how county governments have changed over time?

In this form of county government, county commissioners select a chief executive.