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State politics, parties, and policy / Sarah McCally Morehouse, Malcolm E. Jewell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morehouse, Sarah McCally.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- State governments--United States.
- State governments.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 413 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- State politics, parties, & policy
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]
- Summary:
- This major revision of a classic text demonstrates the principle that responsible and responsive government still depends upon state level political parties, especially when it comes to the most vulnerable citizens -- children, the poor, and the elderly. Marshalling up-to-date references and statistics, a series of biographical profiles, and new chapters on budgetary politics, welfare reform, and educational policy, Morehouse and Jewell bring the wealth of their experience to bear on the arena of government most likely to influence citizens' lives with the greatest impact -- state level politics and policies.
- Contents:
- State politics today
- Electoral foundations of state political systems
- Interest groups and political power
- The party outside the government : the electoral party
- The governor as party leader and policy maker
- State legislatures
- The courts
- The budgetary process : spending and taxing
- The politics of redistribution : welfare policy
- Educational policy in the states.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-394) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742510999
- 0742511006
- OCLC:
- 49673001
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