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Please create projects for a specific office if it’s missing, “relate” it to this project, and add a link to the index (below). The related project is where to add profiles. This is a global project, although wording may have been extracted from American sources. Please come collaborate! Additional references more than welcome.
Local Government
From < State and Local Government >
Most Americans have more frequent contact with their State and local governments than with the Federal Government. Police departments, libraries, and schools—not to mention driver’s licenses and parking tickets—usually fall under the oversight of State and local governments. Each state has its own written constitution, and these documents are often far more elaborate than their Federal counterpart. The Alabama Constitution, for example, contains 310,296 words—more than 40 times as many as the U.S. Constitution.
Local governments generally include two tiers: counties, also known as boroughs in Alaska and parishes in Louisiana, and municipalities, or cities/towns. In some States, counties are divided into townships. Municipalities can be structured in many ways, as defined by State constitutions, and are called, variously, townships, villages, boroughs, cities, or towns. Various kinds of districts also provide functions in local government outside county or municipal boundaries, such as school districts or fire protection districts.
Local government jobs
(alphabetical listing) - also make sure it’s listed on the Occupations Portal page
- 911 operator
- Alderman
- Archon
- Assessor
- Building inspector
- Bus Driver
- City guard
- City manager
- Conductor
- Constable
- Council member
- County commissioner
- Election official
- Environmental health officer
- Fence viewer
- Firefighter
- Jailor
- Juror
- Justice of the Peace
- Lamp lighter
- Librarian
- Lifeguard
- Magistrate
- Mayor
- Night soil man (gong farmer)
- Paramedics & EMTs
- Parks and recreation
- Planner
- Police Officer (Law Enforcement)
- Public works (utility and maintenance workers)
- Public transportation authority
- Rat-catcher
- Records Clerk
- Road Repair
- Sanitation Worker
- School Worker (Includes School Board)
- Schout (New Netherland Colony)
- Selectman
- Sheriff
- Social worker
- Subway worker
- Surveyor
- Tax Collector
- Teacher
- Town clerk
- Town crier
- Traffic warden
- Trolley Man
- Treasurer
- Urban planner
- Workhouse keeper
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References
- Basics of Municipal Government. https://youtu.be/ao4Mr6D1XAc
- < “Government Jobs Explained (and Rewarding Roles To Consider)” >
- < “23 Obsolete (Or Nearly Obsolete) Jobs” >
- < Local government in the United States >
- MOTTY-KUŹMA, Anna. “AMERICAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.” Politeja, no. 10/2 (2008): 21–36. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24919321.
- Issues of Democracy: DEMOCRATIC LOCAL GOVERNMENT APRIL 1999 VOLUME 4NUMBER 1. < PDF >
- THE RISING IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES: RECENT RESEARCH AND CHALLENGES FOR SOCIOLOGY* < link >
- This is a category of jobs that have been rendered obsolete due to advances in technology and/or social conditions.< Wikipedia >
- “The Worst Jobs in History.” < Wikipedia > Some of the more repulsive or dangerous jobs included fuller, executioner, leech collector, plague burier, rat-catcher, leather tanner, gong farmer, and sin-eater.
- Galloway, Priscilla (2003), Archers, Alchemists, and 98 Other Medieval Jobs You Might Have Loved or Loathed (Jobs in History), Annick Press, ISBN 978-1-55037-810-8 < Archive.Org > (ID needed to borrow)