Richard G. Niemi & Joshua J. Dyck 
Guide to State Politics and Policy [EPUB ebook] 

Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations – Carol S. Weissert
The Past, Present, and Future Role of State Constitutions – John Dinan
Geography, Political Culture, and American Politics – James G. Gimpel
Interstate Interactions – Ann O’M. Bowman
Democratic Responsiveness – Justin Phillips
Initiative and Referendum – Frederick J. Boehmke and Joshua J. Dyck
Election Administration – Michael J. Hanmer and Richard G. Niemi
Influences on State Elections – Thomas M. Carsey and Monica Moore
State Party Organizations – Paul S. Herrnson and Jeffrey A. Taylor
Interest Groups and Their Influence – Peter L. Francia
Regulating Interest Groups in the States – Christopher Witko
Media Politics in the States – Martin Johnson
History and Development of State Legislatures, 1619 to 1961 – Peverill Squire
Districting – Michael P. Mc Donald
Legislative Diversity – Beth Reingold
Leadership and Committee Organization – James Coleman Battista
Legislative Reform – Alan Rosenthal
Gubernatorial Backgrounds, History, Elections, Powers – Margaret R. Ferguson and Joseph J. Foy
Bureaucracy – Cynthia Bowling
Organization and Structure of State Courts – Paul Brace
Judicial Selection and Retention of State Court Judges – Meghan E. Leonard and Laura Carlson
Specialization in the Courts – Lawrence Baum
Courts and the Initiative and Referendum Process – Kenneth P. Miller and Aditya Pai
Policy Process in the States – Lilliard Richardson
Innovations and Diffusion – Andrew Karch
Fiscal Policy – James E. Alt, Soledad Artiz Prillaman, and David Dreyer Lassen
Moral Issues – Laura S. Hussey
Criminal Justice Policy and Public Safety in the American States – Nicholas P. Lovrich, Faith E. Lutze, and Nichole R. Lovrich
Education Policy – J. Celeste Lay
Environmental Policy – David M. Konisky
Health Care – Laura Katz Olson
Immigration – Tristany Leikem and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz
Welfare – Richard C. Fording

Joshua J. Dyck is associate professor of political science and codirector of the Center for Public Opinion at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he has been on the faculty since 2012. Previously, he was associate professor of political science at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, where he was a faculty member for six years. He also spent a year at the Public Policy Institute of California during the 2005–2006 academic year as a predoctoral fellow. Professor Dyck received his master’s degree and doctorate in government and politics from the University of Maryland and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Western Washington University. His research focuses on the intersection of social context and political institutions on political behavior in the mass public. Much of his research has examined the effects of direct legislation in the American states on public opinion and attitudes about democracy.