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Fighting political gridlock : how states shape our nation and our lives /

"This book tracks state government policies topically, from health care to education to gun reform and more, making the case that true political change happens in state legislatures. Largely covering policy developments from the past ten years, with Virginia a prominent case study based on Tosc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Toscano, David J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1: States of Emergency
  • 2: Laboratories of Democracy
  • 3: State Constitutions Matter
  • 4: The Cards You Are Dealt
  • 5: Players on the Stage
  • 6: Controlling the Nation One State at a Time
  • 7: States of Knowledge
  • 8: Crime, Punishment, and Justice
  • 9: Building State Economies
  • 10: Don't Forget Health Care!
  • 11: Flashpoints in the Culture Wars of States
  • 12: Tip O'Neill Is Still Dead
  • 13: Saving the Planet
  • CONCLUSION
  • Notes
  • Index