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for Popular Government Vol. 40 Issue 1, Summer 1974
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18179
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Many of the problems faced by North Carolina local governments in recent history have resulted either directly or indirectly from nation-wide economic developments. Urbanization and demand for services, along with post war prosperity and industrialization have presented both new opportunities and new problems.
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18180
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Any consideration of the local tax structure in North Carolina must deal in large measure with the ad valorem property tax. The property tax is the mainstay of local government finance, providing over 90 percent of the revenues that find their way to city and county treasuries.
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18181
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As the full implications of the environmental crisis become known and as the public recognizes that land, along with water and air, is a limited resource, an exercise has begun in allocating or reallocating the function of land-use planning and regulation among different governmental units--state, regional, and local.
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18182
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A shift in the definition of regionalism has come to North Carolina, where focus is no longer just on the county as a regional unit but on city-county consolidation and larger county cooperatives.
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18183
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An era of new federalism has been adopted in the United States; this concept promotes the advancement of the public good. State governments, such as North Carolina's, must meet new tests of public management capability and accountability to succeed in creating an era of new localism to effectively influence patterns of social well-being in the state.
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18184
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Recent studies have shown a crisis of confidence in government. To remedy this lack of trust, governmental departments have sought to identify the forms of communication that promote government-public relationships. Citizen participation allows for democratic participation in the development of public policy.
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18185
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During the late 1950s and 1960s, the subject of money in political campaigns was widely studied. This article examines, first, legal requirements for reporting campaign contributions and expenditures in North Carolina and problems that arise from the manner in which candidates and committees meet the requirements; and second, political expenditures in the state's major 1972 campaigns by office and party.
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