PADM-551: Local Government Management

This course explores the responsibilities, capacity and practicalities of local and municipal government. The focus will be not only what county, local, and urban governments should or should not do but what these entities accomplish and how the do so. While the principles of this course will apply to any of the 50 states, many examples will feature Tennessee state government and features of its county and municipal governments. Features of other state and local governments will be discussed as part of a comparative analysis.