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> Please pardon the self-promotion, but I'd like to > mention my own book, which was published two weeks > ago by Rowman and Littlefield/University Press of > America. While it's too new to be a "favorite," > maybe one day it will reach such a level: > > Michael K. Fauntroy, Home Rule or House Rule? > Congress and the Erosion of Local Governance in the > District of Columbia, (Lanham: Rowman and > Littlefield/University Press of America, 2003). > > The book is my analysis of the political > relationship between Congress and the District > government between 1975 and 1998. Among the topics > covered in the book are: > > • An overview of evolution of democracy in the > District of Columbia > • The role of partisanship in congressional > intervention into local affairs > • The suburban influence on District affairs > • The changing governmental problems facing the > District, the responses of local elected officials, > and the resulting fiscal crisis > • The control board as response to fiscal crisis > > As you may know, December 24, 2003 marks the 30th > anniversary of President Richard Nixon signing the > Home Rule Act of 1973 into law. Since then, the > District of Columbia has undergone a great deal of > political and governmental change. These changes > include, but not limited to: the election of many > civil rights-era African Americans in the early > years of home rule; the changing demographics and > deterioration of the public school system; the > explosion of crack cocaine and the resulting > drug-driven violence; a municipal fiscal crisis; and > the congressional-imposition of a financial control > board. This book fully explores these changes, > among many others, and evaluates how those changes > affected home rule in the District. > > Michael K. Fauntroy, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor of Public Policy > School of Public Policy > George Mason University > 3401 North Fairfax Drive > Arlington, VA 22201 > 703.993.4987 (direct line) > 703.993.8215 (fax) > fauntroy@gmu.edu (preferred) > -- Matthew Gilmore H-DC list co-editor, web editor dc-edit@mail.h-net.msu.edu http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~dclist/ [list website] http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/lists/subscribe.cgi?list=H-DC [subscribe to H-DC] Remember to check http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=lm&list=h-dc for past list messages.
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