Subject(s): Local government -- Amendment -- Decentralization -- States in federal partnership : Pollution control, federal grant in aid system, state powers, interstate relations -- State constitutions : making and revising the modern state constitution -- State politics -- Legislatures and lawmaking process : Composition of legislatures, legislative organization, improving the legislatures, direct legislation -- Governor and administrative system -- Law and justice in the states : legal system, organization and jurisdiction of state courts, selection, terms and tenure and qualifications of judges, quest for equal justice -- Financing state and local government : State and local expenditure, taxing and revenue system, budgeting and fiscal management -- Promoting the general welfare : Protecting the consumer, guarding the interests of labor, social security and welfare, public health programs and medical care, housing and community development, public school system, student unrest in colleges and universities, place of states in services of people -- Local governments- their structure and powers : Municipal government, country, towns and townships -- Metropolitan area- its problems and prospects