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Unlike most public servants, top administrators – those who
manage thousands of personnel and oversee millions of dollars in
public spending – are appointed by the head of government. At the
Pleasure of the Crown is a detailed exploration of this central but
overlooked aspect of governing. Christopher A. Cooper analyzes the
appointment of deputy ministers in Canada’s provincial
bureaucracies over the last century, as governments have looked
first for partisan loyalty, then candid advice, and ultimately
feverish devotion to the policy agenda. Throughout, turnover among
bureaucratic elites has remained highly political, with important
consequences for the integrity of Canadian public institutions.
Unlike most public servants, top administrators – those who
manage thousands of personnel and oversee millions of dollars in
public spending – are appointed by the head of government. At the
Pleasure of the Crown is a detailed exploration of this central but
overlooked aspect of governing. Christopher A. Cooper analyzes the
appointment of deputy ministers in Canada’s provincial
bureaucracies over the last century, as governments have looked
first for partisan loyalty, then candid advice, and ultimately
feverish devotion to the policy agenda. Throughout, turnover among
bureaucratic elites has remained highly political, with important
consequences for the integrity of Canadian public institutions.
The 2020 US presidential race was one of the most hotly contested
and contentious in recent American history. While the election
produced the greatest turnout in American history and the highest
percentage turnout in 60 years, the election still came down to a
handful of swing states that ultimately decided the election. In
their third edition of Presidential Swing States, Rafael Jacob and
David Schultz examine the 2020 presidential election, keying in on
the few critical states that actually decided the election and why.
With cases studies written by prominent political scientists who
are experts on these swing states, Presidential Swing States also
explains why some states were swing states but no longer are, why
some continue to be swing states, and what states beyond 2020 may
be the future swing states that decide the presidency. The book
contains in-depth case studies of the swing-states and
swing-counties that decide presidential elections in the United
States. Students in classes on American Politics and Government,
Parties, Campaigns and Elections, State Politics, and the
Presidency will all be well-served by the analyses in this volume,
as will journalists reporting on presidential elections, and the
general public.
The American South has experienced remarkable change over the past
half century. Black voter registration has increased, the region's
politics have shifted from one-party Democratic to the
near-domination of the Republican Party, and in-migration has
increased its population manyfold. At the same time, many outward
signs of regional distinctiveness have faded--chain restaurants
have replaced mom-and-pop diners, and the interstate highway system
connects the region to the rest of the country. Given all of these
changes, many have argued that southern identity is fading. But
here, Christopher A. Cooper and H. Gibbs Knotts show how these
changes have allowed for new types of southern identity to emerge.
For some, identification with the South has become more about a
connection to the region's folkways or to place than about policy
or ideology. For others, the contemporary South is all of those
things at once-a place where many modern-day southerners navigate
the region's confusing and omnipresent history. Regardless of how
individuals see the South, this study argues that the region's
drastic political, racial, and cultural changes have not lessened
the importance of southern identity but have played a key role in
keeping regional identification relevant in the twenty-first
century.
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