The Power of American governors : winning on budgets and losing on policy / Thad Kousser, Justin H. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kousser, Thad, 1974- author.

Phillips, Justin H. (Justin Huhtelin), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governors--United States--Powers and duties.

Governors.

Executive power--United States--States.

Executive power.

Legislative power--United States--States.

Legislative power.

Veto--United States--States.

Veto.

Political leadership--United States--States.

Political leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With limited authority over state lawmaking, but ultimate responsibility for the performance of government, how effective are governors in moving their programs through the legislature? This book advances a new theory about what makes chief executives most successful and explores this theory through original data. Thad Kousser and Justin H. Phillips argue that negotiations over the budget, on the one hand, and policy bills on the other are driven by fundamentally different dynamics. They capture these dynamics in models informed by interviews with gubernatorial advisors, cabinet members, press secretaries and governors themselves. Through a series of novel empirical analyses and rich case studies, the authors demonstrate that governors can be powerful actors in the lawmaking process, but that what they're bargaining over - the budget or policy - shapes both how they play the game and how often they can win it.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. One problem shared by 50 state governors; 2. The roots of executive power; 3. What do governors propose?; 4. Gubernatorial success; 5. Do governors set the size of government? 6. The power and perils of popularity; 7. The item veto: a negative or positive power?; 8. Legislative professionalism and gubernatorial power; 9. Governors and the comparative study of chief executives.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-08985-1

1-139-57955-X

1-139-57098-6

1-107-25450-7

1-139-57273-3

1-139-13554-6

1-139-56917-1

1-283-63767-7

1-139-57007-2

OCLC:

815389323