The executive branch of state government people, process, and politics
Title:
The executive branch of state government people, process, and politics
Author:
Ferguson, Margaret Robertson.
ISBN:
9781851097760
9781851097715
9781280713484
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2006.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxiii, 467 p.) : ill., ports.
Series:
ABC-CLIO's about state government
ABC-CLIO's about state government.
Contents:
Preliminaries; CONTENTS; 1 Introduction to State Executives; 2 Roles, Functions, and Powers of the Governors; 3 The Role of the Executive Branch in State Politics; 4 The People Who Serve: Seeking, Winning, and Holding the Office; 5 The Politics of the Executive Branch; 6 The Executive Branch: State by State; Index.
Abstract:
Offering a perspective on the office of the governor covering all 50 states, this volume, one of three titles in "ABC-CLIO's About State Government" set, explores the roles played by the governorship and state-level bureaucracies, both in managing the state's business and as a component of the overall national system of government.
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