Can you identify the governmental services that have been provided to you since you got up this morning? Do you think that all localities provide similar services? How similar or different are these services?
Should states emphasize a more rehabilitative approach to providing justice? How might varying public perceptions of these alternatives affect their success? What are the costs and benefits of rehabilitative methods? Are the short-term costs of these rehabilitative methods likely to pay off in long-term savings and results?
Should governors share the same types and levels of formal power? Are there potential problems with differing levels of formal gubernatorial power between states? For example, if one state has a weak governor and a neighboring state has a strong governor, does it matter? What factors cause the variance in the levels of formal gubernatorial power among the states?
Are state legislatures becoming more professionalized in current political and administrative environments? What are some of the effects of more professionalized state legislatures on the behavior of individual state legislators?
Think about your own state. What are the major sources of revenue? What are the major expenditures? How different is your state’s finance compared to that of federal government?
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