The Kentucky legislature : two decades of change /

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Twenty years ago the Kentucky General Assembly was one of the least powerful and least effective legislatures in the country, almost entirely dominated by the governor. Over the past two decades the legislature has changed -- gradually and with little public attention -- into a far more powerful, pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jewell, Malcolm E., 1928-2010
Otros Autores: Miller, Penny M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1988]
Temas:
Kentucky. > General Assembly.
Kentucky. > General Assembly
Since 1951
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Legislative Branch.
Politics and government
Kentucky > Politics and government > 1951-
Kentucky
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; PART ONE. INTRODUCTION; 1. Studying Legislative Change; PART TWO. A NEW GENERATION OF LEGISLATORS; 2. Getting Elected to the Kentucky Legislature; 3. The New Legislators; 4. Representing the District; PART THREE. THE NEW LEGISLATURE; 5. The Remodeled Committee System; 6. Legislative Budgetary Review; 7. Legislative Oversight; PART FOUR. CHANGES IN POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING; 8. Leadership and Political Parties; 9. The Governor as Legislative Leader; 10. The Legislature as a Broker of Interests.
  • PART FIVE. CONCLUSION11. Causes and Consequences of Change; References; Index.

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