A legacy of innovation : governors and public policy edited by Ethan G. Sribnick

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sribnick, Ethan G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governors--United States--History--20th century.

Governors.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 312 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008.

Contents:

Resourceful leaders: governors and the politics of the American environment / Sarah Phillips

"To lay and collect": governors, fiscal federalism, and the political economy of twentieth-century tax policy / Ajay K. Mehrotra, David Shreve

Governors and the development of American social policy / Ron Haskins

Governors and economic development / Jon C. Teaford

Uneasy executives: governors and civil rights from the bay state to the old dominion / Jason Sokol

Balancing economic development with investor protection / Brooke Masters

Moving the nation: governors and the development of American transportation policy / Robert Jay Dilger

Gubernatorial leadership and American K-12 education reform / Maris A. Vinovskis

From charity care to Medicaid: governors, states, and the transformation of American health care / Colleen M. Grogan, Vernon K. Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-298) and index.

ISBN:

9780812240955 (hardcover : alk. paper)

0812240952 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

183261898