Jacob Sutherland

Oct 17, 2024 | routledge.com | Brett Savage |Jacob Sutherland

In California Politics Is Local, Brett L. Savage and Jacob Sutherland argue that California politics should be viewed through a local lens due to the unique nature of the principal–agent relationship present in local governments around the state. Local governments make up the most common form of government in the United States and are responsible for a wide variety of public goods, services, and policies that affect their community members’ lives daily.

Sep 15, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Jacob Sutherland

IntroductionPublic libraries in the United States have historically been sites of political contestation. From early efforts to contest using local taxes to fund libraries, to grassroots movements to expand library services to rural communities, to efforts to ban books uplifting minority voices, public libraries have always been political institutions with duality: they provide community services while remaining venues for controversy.

Apr 17, 2024 | articlegateway.com | Jacob Sutherland

Abstract Local elections have had historically low participation rates in the United States. Knowing who participates in local elections is important because it will allow democracy scholars to better understand whose interests are being represented in local governing bodies and explain how and why local governing bodies make the decisions they do.

Oct 28, 2021 | kitchenwitch.substack.com | Jacob Sutherland |Jennifer Billock

Aug 25, 2021 | getmegiddy.com | Jacob Sutherland