The Power of American Governors: Winning on Budgets and Losing on Policy

by Thad Kousser and Justin H. Phillips

Book Overview

With limited authority over state lawmaking, but ultimate responsibility for the performance of government, how effective are governors in moving their programs through the legislature? This book advances a new theory about what makes chief executives most successful and explores this theory through original data. Thad Kousser and Justin H. Phillips argue that negotiations over the budget, on the one hand, and policy bills on the other are driven...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107611172
• ISBN13: 9781107611177
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"