The fully updated ninth edition of Politics in the American States: A Comparative Analysis continues the tradition of combining high-caliber research with comprehensive comparative analysis of the fifty states. Chapter authors provide thorough coverage of key topics, including foundational chapters on intergovernmental relations, elections, and the legislative process, as well as chapters on specific policy areas such as education, taxes, and a new chapter on corrections. In addition to the wealth of tables, figures, and maps showcasing comparative data, the authors provide engaging descriptive material, a new glossary of key terms, and a strong focus on emerging issues in state politics enabling students to make systematic and nuanced comparisons between states.
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Virginia Gray is the Robert Watson Winston Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She teaches and does research on state politics, public policy, and interest groups. She has published numerous articles and books on these topics, including The Population Ecology of Interest Representation (with David Lowery) and Minnesota Politics and Government (with Daniel Elazar and Wyman Spano)
Russell L. Hanson is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he has taught since 1980. He is interested in American federalism and has published articles on political culture and welfare policymaking in the states. Among his books are Governing Partners: State-Local Relations in the United States (1998) and Reconsidering the Democratic Debate (1993).
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One of the great texts in state politics,
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The first edition of this, published in the earlier 1960s, was edited by Kenneth Vines (one of my graduate school instructors) and Herbert Jacob. That started an ongoing enterprise. Indeed, I have all but one of the works in this series (some student once borrowed the first edition and never returned it). For most people, this would prove to be an esoteric work--but if you are interested in state politics, this is a treasure.
For one thing, it is pitched such that it can be used as either an undergraduate or graduate textbook. Thus, it is accessible to interested lay, non-political scientist readers. The current editors, Virginia Gray and Russell Hanson, have continued the tradition of a comparative state politics approach. Chapters consider key issues in the study of state politics, each authored by a recognized expert. The volume begins with an essay by Gray, outlining the "socioeconomic and political context" of states. This serves as a general introduction to the volume. The chapters that follow cover major elements in the study of state politics, featuring comparisons among the states and efforts at explaining the variations that we can observe. Among subjects considered in the individual chapters--Intergovernmental relations, Parties and elections, Interest groups, the Initiative process (by which citizens can get issues placed on the ballot, allowing for public control of the policy process), legislative politics, governors, state courts, corrections policy, fiscal policy, health and welfare programs, education politics, economic and social regulation, and economic development/infrastructure policy. Simply, this is another strong entry in this franchise's history. For academics interested in state politics, this is a welcome resource. For interested general readers, this can be a rich source of understanding about state politics.
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In November 2006 the nation elected a Democratic Congress that returned to Washington eager to introduce domestic legislation after six years of a conservative Bush administration preoccupied with international terrorism. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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In November 2006 the nation elected a Democratic Congress that returned to Washington eager to introduce domestic legislation after six years of a conservative Bush administration preoccupied with international terrorism. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
state corrections policy, direct democracy, direct legislation, divided government, state electorates, gay civil rights policy, elected chamber leader, overall interest power, fiscal scale, state interest group systems, group system power, policy liberalism index, state court bench, single group power, state supreme court elections, state legislative staff, defeat rates, selective sales taxes, general jurisdiction trial courts, legislative campaign committees, authorized judgeships, state budget officers, contract lobbyists, takeover districts, sentencing philosophies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, American States, Supreme Court, North Dakota, North Carolina, New Mexico, Census Bureau, New Jersey, South Carolina, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Rhode Island, West Virginia, National Conference of State Legislatures, Council of State Governments, Journal of Politics, Intergovernmental Relations, House of Representatives, Legislative Politics, Brookings Institution Press, American Journal of Political Science, National Governors Association, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Cambridge University Press Browse Sample Pages:
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