Tribune of the people : the Minnesota Legislature and its leadership / Royce Hanson ; with the assistance of Charles Backstrom, Patrick McCormack, and the Future of the State Legislature Study Team.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanson, Royce.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legislative bodies--Minnesota.

Legislative bodies.

Minnesota. Legislature.

Minnesota.

Minnesota. Legislature--Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tribune of the People was first published in 1990. The Minnesota legislature enjoys a national reputation for confronting difficult state problems and devising innovative ways of dealing with them. In recent years, however, as issues have become increasingly complex and controversial, public respect for the legislature has declined. In 1985 the legislature commissioned a study to analyze this troubling situation. Tribune of the People is the result of that study.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. What the Legislature Does; 3. The Changing Legislature; 4. The House of Representatives; 5. The Senate and Its Leadership; 6. The Third House: Conference Committees; 7. The Legislature at Work: Making Policy; 8. The Legislature at Work: Budgeting; 9. Legislators at Work: How They View Their Jobs and the Legislature; 10. The Future of the State Legislature; References; Interview Subjects; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5543-X

0-8166-1909-3

OCLC:

182732647