States and Governing in the 21st Century

This book chronicles the kinds of changes that have occurred on the "demand" and "supply" sides of American state government. It assesses the consequences of those developments for the quality of statehouse democracy and the ability of state governments to govern responsibly and effectively.

List of contents

Preface -- Introduction -- Demand-Side Changes: Elections and Citizen Participation -- Demand-Side Changes: Political Parties and Interest Groups -- The Governors -- The Legislatures -- The Courts -- Summary and Conclusions

About the author

David Hedge

Summary

This book chronicles the kinds of changes that have occurred on the "demand" and "supply" sides of American state government. It assesses the consequences of those developments for the quality of statehouse democracy and the ability of state governments to govern responsibly and effectively.

Product details

• Authors: David Hedge, David M. Hedge
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.02.1998
• EAN: 9780813331942
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3194-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Transforming American Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Political structure & processes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, United States of America, USA, Political structure and processes, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government