Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. The scourge of partisanship ; Case: Constituent protection
  • 2. Building bridges ; Case: Winning with the lottery ; Case: The importance of trust
  • 3. Power sharing ; Case: Sexual-predator politics
  • 4. The power of the conference committee ; Case: A bonding maneuver
  • 5. Legislating and the news media ; Case: Northwest Airlines and a sales tax
  • 6. Lawmakers get an idea, now what? ; Case: The living will
  • 7. The tricky dance ; Case: Moving the historical society
  • 8. The legislator's toolbox ; Case: Changing the speed limit ; Case: The minority amendment that moved a majority's mountain ; Case: Legislative failures
  • Conclusion.