The power of American governors : winning on budgets and losing on policy /

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"To assess whether American governors can effectively govern, the authors draw on strategic models, interviews with governors, and new datasets to show that that governors can be powerful actors in the lawmaking process, but that what they're bargaining over - the budget or policy bills -...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Kousser, Thad, 1974- (Autor), Phillips, Justin H. (Justin Huhtelin) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Governors > United States > Powers and duties.
Executive power > United States > States.
Legislative power > United States > States.
Veto > United States > States.
Political leadership > United States > States.
Veto > États-Unis > États.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Leadership.
Executive power > U.S. states
Governors > Powers and duties
Legislative power > U.S. states
Political leadership > U.S. states
Veto > U.S. states
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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