Red State Blues - How the Conservative Revolution Stalled in the States

Despite gaining control of twenty-four new state governments since 1992, Republicans have failed to enact policies that advance conservative goals.

List of contents

1. Leviathan's resilience; 2. The rise of Republican rule; 3. Sticky liberal policymaking; 4. Conservative dilemmas in action; 5. The mostly missing results of Republican policies; 6. The elusive red state model.

About the author

Matt Grossmann is Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University and Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center. A regular contributor to FiveThirtyEight, he has published analysis in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Politico and hosts the Science of Politics podcast. He is the author of Asymmetric Politics (with David A. Hopkins, 2016), Artists of the Possible (2014), and The Not-So-Special Interests (2012).

Summary

Despite winning control of twenty-four new state governments since 1992, Republicans have failed to enact policies that substantially advance conservative goals. This book offers the first systematic assessment of the geography and consequences of Republican ascendance in the states and yields important lessons for both liberals and conservatives.

Product details

• Authors: Matt Grossmann, Matt (Michigan State University) Grossmann, Grossmann Matt
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781108701754
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70175-4
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Business & Economics / General, Economics, finance, business & management, Political Ideologies, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Political structures: democracy, Public Administration, History of the Americas, Political ideologies and movements, Economics, finance, business and management, Public administration / Public policy