GOVT 2306: Chapter 5: State and Local Government Relations
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1. Unitary Government: A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, centra
agency
2. Independent School District: A specific form of special district that administers the public schools in a
designated area. It is governed by an elected board of trustees empowered to levy local property taxes, establish loca
school policies, and employ a school superintendent as its chief administrator
3. Metropolitics: Local politics within large metropolitan areas
4. Tiebout Model: A model of local government based on market principles wherein a metro area is made up
of a series of micropolitical jurisdictions that, on the basis of their services and costs, attract or repel certain citizens
5. Peterson Model: A model of local government that holds policies and programs can be said to be in the
interest of cities whenever the policies maintain or enhance the economic position, social prestige, or political power
of the city, taken as a whole
6. Urban Sprawl: The unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions
7. Leapfrog Development: Development practices in which new developments jump - or leapfrog - over
established developments, leaving undeveloped or underdeveloped land between developed areas
8. Zoning Laws: Laws in a city or town that designate certain areas, or zones, for residential and business use
9. Environmental Justice Movement: A movement focused on exposing and fighting against racial and
class inequalities in exposure to pollution, started in the United States in 1982
10. Redlining: A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve
property within the boundaries
11. Annexation: The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_i2e3ze
1. Unitary Government: A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, centra
agency
2. Independent School District: A specific form of special district that administers the public schools in a
designated area. It is governed by an elected board of trustees empowered to levy local property taxes, establish loca
school policies, and employ a school superintendent as its chief administrator
3. Metropolitics: Local politics within large metropolitan areas
4. Tiebout Model: A model of local government based on market principles wherein a metro area is made up
of a series of micropolitical jurisdictions that, on the basis of their services and costs, attract or repel certain citizens
5. Peterson Model: A model of local government that holds policies and programs can be said to be in the
interest of cities whenever the policies maintain or enhance the economic position, social prestige, or political power
of the city, taken as a whole
6. Urban Sprawl: The unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions
7. Leapfrog Development: Development practices in which new developments jump - or leapfrog - over
established developments, leaving undeveloped or underdeveloped land between developed areas
8. Zoning Laws: Laws in a city or town that designate certain areas, or zones, for residential and business use
9. Environmental Justice Movement: A movement focused on exposing and fighting against racial and
class inequalities in exposure to pollution, started in the United States in 1982
10. Redlining: A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve
property within the boundaries
11. Annexation: The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit
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