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A Legacy of Innovation : Governors and Public Policy / ed. by Ethan G. Sribnick.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) : 12 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812240955
  • 9780812209006
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.60973
LOC classification:
  • JK2447 ǂb L44 2008eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction. Directing Democracy -- Part I. Creativity Within the Confines of Federalism -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Resourceful Leaders -- Chapter 2. ''To Lay and Collect'' -- Chapter 3. Governors and the Development of American Social Policy -- Part II. Laboratories of Democracy -- Introduction -- Chapter 4. Governors and Economic Development -- Chapter 5. Uneasy Executives -- Chapter 6. Balancing Economic Development with Investor Protection -- Part III. Collective Action -- Introduction -- Chapter 7. Moving the Nation -- Chapter 8. Gubernatorial Leadership and American K-12 Education Reform -- Chapter 9. From Charity Care to Medicaid -- Afterword: A Legacy of State-Building -- Timeline of Governors and States in the Twentieth Century -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Summary: From La Follette to Faubus, from Rockefeller to Reagan, U.S. governors have addressed some of the most contentious policy questions of the twentieth century. In doing so, they not only responded to dramatic changes in the political landscape, they shaped that landscape. The influence of governors has been felt both within the states and across the nation. It is telling that four of the last five U.S. Presidents were former state governors.A Legacy of Innovation: Governors and Public Policy examines the changing role of the state governor during the "American Century." In this volume, top political scientists, historians, and journalists track the evolution of gubernatorial leadership as it has dealt with critical issues, including conservation, transportation, civil rights, education, globalization, and health care. As the most visible state officials, twentieth-century governors often found themselves at the center of America's conflicting political tendencies. A Legacy of Innovation describes how they negotiated the tensions between increasing democratization and the desire for expert control, the rise of interest groups and demise of political parties, the pull of regionalism against growing nationalism, and the rising demand for public services in a society that fears centralized government. In their responses to these conflicts, governors helped shape the institutions of modern American government.As state governments face new policy challenges in the twenty-first century, A Legacy of Innovation will serve as a valuable source of information for political scientists and policy makers alike.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction. Directing Democracy -- Part I. Creativity Within the Confines of Federalism -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Resourceful Leaders -- Chapter 2. ''To Lay and Collect'' -- Chapter 3. Governors and the Development of American Social Policy -- Part II. Laboratories of Democracy -- Introduction -- Chapter 4. Governors and Economic Development -- Chapter 5. Uneasy Executives -- Chapter 6. Balancing Economic Development with Investor Protection -- Part III. Collective Action -- Introduction -- Chapter 7. Moving the Nation -- Chapter 8. Gubernatorial Leadership and American K-12 Education Reform -- Chapter 9. From Charity Care to Medicaid -- Afterword: A Legacy of State-Building -- Timeline of Governors and States in the Twentieth Century -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments

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From La Follette to Faubus, from Rockefeller to Reagan, U.S. governors have addressed some of the most contentious policy questions of the twentieth century. In doing so, they not only responded to dramatic changes in the political landscape, they shaped that landscape. The influence of governors has been felt both within the states and across the nation. It is telling that four of the last five U.S. Presidents were former state governors.A Legacy of Innovation: Governors and Public Policy examines the changing role of the state governor during the "American Century." In this volume, top political scientists, historians, and journalists track the evolution of gubernatorial leadership as it has dealt with critical issues, including conservation, transportation, civil rights, education, globalization, and health care. As the most visible state officials, twentieth-century governors often found themselves at the center of America's conflicting political tendencies. A Legacy of Innovation describes how they negotiated the tensions between increasing democratization and the desire for expert control, the rise of interest groups and demise of political parties, the pull of regionalism against growing nationalism, and the rising demand for public services in a society that fears centralized government. In their responses to these conflicts, governors helped shape the institutions of modern American government.As state governments face new policy challenges in the twenty-first century, A Legacy of Innovation will serve as a valuable source of information for political scientists and policy makers alike.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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