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Pages in category "Local government in the United States" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The categories of local government established in this Census of Governments is a convenient basis for understanding local government in the United States. The categories are as follows: [2] County Governments; Town or Township Governments; Municipal Governments; Special-Purpose Local Governments
The United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA) was established by the UN Habitat Governing Council Resolution 17/18 of 1999 as an advisory body to strengthen the dialogue of the UN System with local authorities in relation to the implementation of the Habitat Agenda. UCLG chairs UNACLA and holds 10 of its 20 seats.
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In formal usage, a "village" is a type of administrative division at the local government level. Since the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from legislating on local government, the states are free to have political subdivisions called "villages" or not to and to define the word in many ways.
The Urbanization of America (1970) pp 128–50; Covers 1820-1960; Teaford, Jon C. Cities of the Heartland: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Midwest (1993) Teaford, Jon C. The Metropolitan Revolution: The Rise of Post-Urban America (2006) Teaford, Jon C. The Unheralded Triumph: City Government in America, 1870-1900 (1984) Wade, Richard C.
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At Odds: Women and the Family in America from the Revolution to the Present (1980). Elder Jr, Glen H. "History and the family: The discovery of complexity." Journal of Marriage and the Family (1981): 489-519. online; Gutman, Herbert G. The Black family in slavery and freedom, 1750-1925 (Vintage, 1977). Hareven, Tamara K.