The Kentucky Legislature: Two Decades of Change

by Malcolm E. Jewell and Penny M. Miller

Twenty years ago the Kentucky General Assembly was one of the least powerful and least effective legislatures in the country, almost entirely dominated by the governor. Over the past two decades the legislature has changed -- gradually and with little public attention -- into a far more powerful, professional, and independent body. This book is a study of that process of change: its causes, the obstacles encountered, and the political and policy consequences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813116686
• ISBN13: 9780813116686
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher