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Pennsylvania politics and policy. Volume 2 : a commonwealth reader. / edited by J. Wesley Leckrone and Michelle J. Atherton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leckrone, J. Wesley
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public administration--Pennsylvania.
- Public administration.
- Pennsylvania--Politics and government.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Rome ; Tokyo : Temple University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Designed to showcase current issues of interest, Pennsylvania Politics and Policy, Volume 2 isthe second reader consisting of updated chapters from recent issues of Commonwealth: A Journal of Pennsylvania Politics and Policy. The editors and contributors to this volume focus on government institutions, election laws, the judiciary, government finance and budgeting, the opioid crisis, childcare, property taxes, environmental policy, demographics, and more. Each chapter is supplemented by discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and forums with arguments in support of or opposed to contested elements of state policy. In addition, Pennsylvania Politics and Policy, Volume 2 includes a detailed guide to researching state government and policy online, as well as a comprehensive chapter on the structure of Pennsylvania government. It is designed as a text or supplement for college or advanced high school classes in American government, state and local politics, public policy, and public administration.  Contributors include: John Arway, Jenna Becker Kane, Jeffrey Carroll, Bob Dick, Ashley Harden, Stefanie I. Kasparek, Vera Krekanova, Maureen W. McClure, John F. McDonald, Josh Shapiro, Marc Stier, Jennie Sweet-Cushman, James Vike, and the editors.
- Contents:
- Volume 2.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781439919163
- 143991916X
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