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Pennsylvania politics and policy : a commonwealth reader /
"The activities of state governments have always been important in the American federal system. However, recent partisan gridlock in Washington, DC has placed states at the forefront of policymaking as the national government maintains the status quo. Pennsylvania Politics and Policy, Volume 1...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Legislative Process; The Rules of the Game: The Constitution and the Lawmaking Process (Michael R. Dimino, Sr.); Discussion Questions; Commonwealth Forum: Should Pennsylvania Adopt Direct Democracy?; For More Information; Chapter 2: Gubernatorial Power; Governor Wolf's First Year: A Comparative Analysis (Paula A. Duda Holoviak and Thomas J. Baldino); Discussion Questions; Commonwealth Forum: Do Businesspeople Make Good Chief Executives?; For More Information; Chapter 3: Tax Policy.
- Commonwealth Forum: Should Pennsylvania Abolish the Property Tax for Schools?Yes, Abolish the Property Tax: It Is the Worst Tax for Schools (David G. Argall and Jon Hopcraft); No, Keep the Property Tax: It Is the Best Tax for Schools (William A. Fischel); Discussion Questions; Chapter 4: Energy Policy; Leaving Money on the Table: Pennsylvania Exceptionalism in Resisting Energy Severance Taxes (Rachel L. Hampton and Barry G. Rabe); Discussion Questions; Commonwealth Forum: Should State Government Subsidize the Economic Development of Natural Gas Facilities?; For More Information.
- Chapter 5: Education PolicyWhat Would Student-Based Allocation Mean for Pennsylvania School Districts? (Marguerite Roza and Amanda Warco); Discussion Questions; Commonwealth Forum: Should Pennsylvania End the Practice of Hold-Harmless Funding?; For More Information; Chapter 6: Demographics and Public Policy; More Trouble Ahead for Public School Finance: The Implications of Generational Change in Pennsylvania (Maureen W. McClure and Vera Krekanova); Discussion Questions; Commonwealth Forum: Should Pennsylvania Tax Retirement Income?; For More Information; Chapter 7: Health-Care Policy.
- The Limits of Medicaid Reform in Pennsylvania: Thinking Regionally about Access to Insurance and Health Care under the Affordable Care Act (Michele Moser Deegan and A. Lanethea Mathews-Schultz)Discussion Questions; Commonwealth Forum: Should the State Provide Support to Rural Hospitals?; For More Information; Chapter 8: Alcohol Policy; The Issue That Will Not Go Away: Models of Public Policy Making and Four Decades of Republican Efforts to Privatize Pennsylvania's State Liquor Monopoly (George E. Hale); Discussion Questions.
- Commonwealth Forum: Should Pennsylvania Rely on Sin Taxes for Revenue?For More Information; Chapter 9: Social Policy; FMLA in Pennsylvania: Analysis of Family and Medical Leave Policy in the State (Jennie Sweet-Cushman); Discussion Questions; Commonwealth Forum: Would Mandated Paid Leave Be a Competitive Disadvantage for Pennsylvania?; For More Information; Chapter 10: Researching Pennsylvania Online (Michelle J. Atherton and J. Wesley Leckrone); Contributors.