Alaska's Urban and Rural Governments

The first comprehensive examination of Alaska's urban and rural governments since statehood in 1959. Also explores the question of whether the state will be able to sustain them in the future. Compares and contrasts the two systems with local governments elsewhere in the U.S.

Thomas A. Morehouse is Professor of Political Science at the University of Alaska's Institute of Social and Economic Research in Anchorage. Gerald A. McBeath is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. Linda Leask is a research associate at the University of Alaska's Institute of Social and Economic Research in Anchorage.