Heavy Lifting: The Job of the American Legislature

by Alan Rosenthal and Alan Rosenthal

Book Overview

What makes for a "good" legislature? In Heavy Lifting, Alan Rosenthal traveled to five states, interviewing and shadowing legislators to find out the answer. Through this engaging narrative, the author first establishes the most important aspects of American state legislatures--what they are and how they do their jobs--and then graduates to the book's central thesis: Rosenthal argues that, on the whole, the American legislature must be evaluated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568027346
• ISBN13: 9781568027340
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher