Virginia H. Gray & Russell L. Hanson 
Politics in the American States [EPUB ebook] 
A Comparative Analysis

Winner of the 2017 Mac Jewell Enduring Contribution Award of the APSA′s State Politics and Policy Section.

Politics in the American States, Eleventh Edition,  brings together the high-caliber research you expect from this trusted text, with comprehensive and comparative analysis of the 50 states. Fully updated for all major developments in the study of state-level politics, including capturing the results of the 2016 elections, the authors bring insight and uncover the impact of key similarities and differences on the operation of the same basic political systems. Students will appreciate the book’s glossary, the fully up-to-date tables and figures, and the maps showcasing comparative data.

Table of Content

Tables, Figures, and Boxes

Preface

Contributors

1 The Socioeconomic and Political Context of States – Virginia Gray

2 Intergovernmental Relations – Russell L. Hanson

3 Parties and Elections – Thomas M. Holbrook and Raymond J. La Raja

4 Interest Groups in the States – Adam J. Newmark and Anthony J. Nownes

5 Public Opinion and Morality – Justin H. Phillips

6 The Initiative Process – Shaun Bowler and Todd Donovan

7 Legislative Politics in the States – Keith E. Hamm and Nancy Martorano Miller

8 Governors and the Executive Branch – Margaret Ferguson

9 State Courts: Politics and the Judicial Process – Melinda Gann Hall

10 State Corrections Policy – Richard C. Fording

11 Fiscal Policy in the American States – Robert C. Lowry

12 State Health and Welfare Programs – Colleen M. Grogan, Michael K. Gusmano, and Richard C. Fording

13 The Politics of Education – Michael B. Berkman and Eric Plutzer

14 The Politics of Higher Education – Robert C. Lowry and Alisa Hicklin Fryar

15 Environmental Policy – David M. Konisky and Neal D. Woods

16 Economic Development and Infrastructure Policy – Joshua M. Jansa

17 State Bureaucracies – Cynthia J. Bowling

18 Economic and Political Inequality – Elizabeth Rigby

Glossary of Key Terms

Name Index

Subject Index

About the author

Thad Kousser is professor of political science and co-director of the Yankelovich Center at the University of California, San Diego. He has served as a legislative aide in the California, New Mexico, and U.S. Senates. He is the author of Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism, coauthor of The Power of American Governors and The Logic of American Politics, and coeditor of The New Political Geography of California and recent editions of Politics in the American States. Kousser has been awarded the UCSD Academic Senate’s Distinguished Teaching Award, has served as coeditor of the journals State Politics and Policy Quarterly and Legislative Studies Quarterly.