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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
by fundamentally different dynamics. They capture these dynamics in
models informed by interviews with gubernatorial advisors, cabinet
members, press secretaries and governors themselves. Through a
series of novel empirical analyses and rich case studies, the
authors demonstrate that governors can be powerful actors in the
lawmaking process, but that what they're bargaining over - the
budget or policy - shapes both how they play the game and how often
they can win it.
The wisdom of term limits and professional politics has been
debated since the time of Aristotle, spurring 'reforms' of
legislatures in Athens, Rome, Venice, and in the US under the
Articles of Confederation. This book examines recent trends in
American states in order to investigate the age-old question of how
the rules that govern a legislature affect the behavior of its
members and the policies that it produces. The clear and consistent
finding is that the two reforms have countervailing effects:
whatever professionalization has brought more of, term limits have
reduced. This lesson comes from quantitative analyses of data from
all fifty states and detailed examinations of legislative records
from six states, informed by interviews with over one hundred
legislators, staff assistants, lobbyists, journalists, and
executive officials.
The wisdom of term limits and professional politics has been
debated since the time of Aristotle, spurring 'reforms' of
legislatures in Athens, Rome, Venice, and in the US under the
Articles of Confederation. This book examines recent trends in
American states in order to investigate the age-old question of how
the rules that govern a legislature affect the behavior of its
members and the policies that it produces. The clear and consistent
finding is that the two reforms have countervailing effects:
whatever professionalization has brought more of, term limits have
reduced. This lesson comes from quantitative analyses of data from
all fifty states and detailed examinations of legislative records
from six states, informed by interviews with over one hundred
legislators, staff assistants, lobbyists, journalists, and
executive officials.
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
by fundamentally different dynamics. They capture these dynamics in
models informed by interviews with gubernatorial advisors, cabinet
members, press secretaries and governors themselves. Through a
series of novel empirical analyses and rich case studies, the
authors demonstrate that governors can be powerful actors in the
lawmaking process, but that what they're bargaining over - the
budget or policy - shapes both how they play the game and how often
they can win it.
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.
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