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This timely and important new work takes a critical look at
government in the American states and illustrates the disconnect
between state government institutions and their constituents. The
text illuminates three basic political problems of state
governments: weak constitutional and institutional foundations; a
lack of civic engagement; and long histories of unchecked public
corruption. In addition, the book explains why some states did and
others did not respond promptly to the COVID-19 pandemic and
examines America's long-standing problem of police and
prosecutorial misconduct-providing a context for understanding the
demonstrations and protests that rocked American cities in the
summer of 2020. For students and citizens of state politics, the
book concludes with a proposal aimed at civic literacy and action
This timely and important new work takes a critical look at
government in the American states and illustrates the disconnect
between state government institutions and their constituents. The
text illuminates three basic political problems of state
governments: weak constitutional and institutional foundations; a
lack of civic engagement; and long histories of unchecked public
corruption. In addition, the book explains why some states did and
others did not respond promptly to the COVID-19 pandemic and
examines America's long-standing problem of police and
prosecutorial misconduct-providing a context for understanding the
demonstrations and protests that rocked American cities in the
summer of 2020. For students and citizens of state politics, the
book concludes with a proposal aimed at civic literacy and action
Warping Time makes use of a number of experiments in which
respondents are told various stories about the past and future and
then the impact of these stories upon contemporary preferences is
measured. In Benjamin Ginsberg and Jennifer Bachner's simple
experiments, "history lessons" could move contemporary policy
preferences by an average of 16 percentage points; forecasts of the
future could move contemporary policy preferences by an average of
12 percentage points; and the two together moved preferences an
average of 21 percentage points. And, to give the entire matter an
Orwellian flavor, in the case of history lessons, they estimate an
average "erasure effect" of 8.5 percentage points-the difference
between those with long-held preferences and those whose
preferences had been changed but who seemed not to recall that they
previously held other preferences. Three propositions follow from
these observations. First, the fact that the past, present, and
future are subject to human manipulation suggests that history is
driven by ideas and is not simply the product of impersonal forces,
material conditions, or past choices. Humans are the architects of
history, not its captives. Second, what they conceive to be
political reality is rather tenuous. Changes in our understanding
of the past or future can quite substantially alter general
perceptions of and action in the present. Third, manipulation of
time, especially the relationship between past and future, can
function as a powerful political tool. In essence, political
reality can be politically determined. Past, present, and future
are not givens. They are products of political struggle, and
victories in those struggles are, in turn, subject to future
revision as emergent political forces find that the currently
accepted past and future are inconsistent with their own ideas and
interests.
The first available textbook on the rapidly growing and
increasingly important field of government analytics This first
textbook on the increasingly important field of government
analytics provides invaluable knowledge and training for students
of government in the synthesis, interpretation, and communication
of "big data," which is now an integral part of governance and
policy making. Integrating all the major components of this rapidly
growing field, this invaluable text explores the intricate
relationship of data analytics to governance while providing
innovative strategies for the retrieval and management of
information.
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