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Informationen zum Autor Richard A. Brisbin Jr. is an associate professor of political science at West Virginia University. He is the author of A Strike Like No Other Strike: Law and Resistance during the Pittston Coal Strike of 1989-1990. Robert Jay Dilger is an assistant director and senior specialist in American national government at the Congressional Research Service in the Library of Congress. He is the coauthor of Welfare Reform in West Virginia. Allan S. Hammock is an associate professor emeritus of political science at West Virginia University. He is the coeditor of Points of View: Readings in American Government and Politics, 9th edition. L. Christopher Plein is an associate professor of public administration at the School of Applied Social Sciences at West Virginia University. He is the coauthor of Welfare Reform in West Virginia. Klappentext Richard A. Brisbin Jr. is an associate professor of political science at West Virginia University. He is the author of A Strike Like No Other Strike: Law and Resistance during the Pittston Coal Strike of 1989¿1990. ¿Robert Jay Dilger is an assistant director and senior specialist in American national government at the Congressional Research Service in the Library of Congress. He is the coauthor of Welfare Reform in West Virginia. ¿Allan S. Hammock is an associate professor emeritus of political science at West Virginia University. He is the coeditor of Points of View: Readings in American Government and Politics, 9th edition. ¿L. Christopher Plein is an associate professor of public administration at the School of Applied Social Sciences at West Virginia University. He is the coauthor of Welfare Reform in West Virginia. Zusammenfassung Offers the only recent study of politics in the Mountain State. Combining new empirical information about political behaviour with a close examination of the capacity of the state's government! this second edition is a comprehensive and pointed study of the ability of the state's government to respond to the needs of a largely rural and relatively low-income population. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Preface 000Acknowledgments 000Introduction: Mountain State Politics 000Part 1: The Construction of the Political Agenda1. Sources of the Political Agenda: Geography, History, Economy, and Political Culture 0002. Public Contributions to the Political Agenda: Participation, Parties, and Elections 0003. Interest Group Politics 0004. Intergovernmental Relations and the Political Agenda 000Part 2: Political Institutions5. Constitutional Politics 0006. The Legislature 0007. The Governor and Executive Offices 0008. The Administration of State Policies 0009. The Budget Process 00010. The Judiciary 00011. Local Government 00012. Policy Controversies and the Capacity of the State Government 000Notes 000Suggestions for Further Reading 000Index 000...
