Description
Politics in the American States, Twelfth Edition, brings together the high-caliber research expected from this trusted text, with comprehensive and comparative analysis of the fifty states. Fully updated for all major developments in the study of state-level politics, the editors and chapter contributors keep pace with the transformation of American states and their study.
Table of Contents
Ch. 1 Racial, Economic, and Gender Inequity in the States - Jamila Michener
Ch. 2 Policy Diffusion and Innovation - Scott J. LaCombe
Ch. 3 Parties and Elections in the American States - Joseph Coll, Michael Ritter, Caroline Tolbert
Ch. 4 Interest Groups in the States - Anthony J. Nownes, Adam J. Newmark
Ch. 5 Public Opinion, Representation, and America’s Culture Wars - Justin H. Phillips
Ch. 6. Direct Democracy - Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan
Ch. 7 Legislative Politics in the States - Nancy Martorano Miller, Keith E. Hamm
Ch. 8 Governors and the Executive Branch - Margaret Ferguson, Thad Kousser
Ch. 9 Politics and the Judicial Process - Brent D. Boyea
Ch. 10 Criminal Justice in State and Nation - Brandon R. Davis
Ch. 11 Fiscal Policies: Taxes and Spending in the States - William W. Franko, Christopher Witko
Ch. 12 State Health and Welfare Programs - Colleen M. Grogan, Michael K. Gusmano, Richard C. Fording
Ch. 13 The Politics of Education - A. Lee Hannah, Michael B. Berkman, Eric Plutzer
Ch. 14 Broadband Policy: Geographic Inequality and the Role of the States - Karen Mossberger, Clement Mensah Damoah
Ch. 15 Environmental Policy - David M. Konisky, Neal D. Woods
Ch. 16 Housing Policy - Prentiss A. Dantzler, Zachary D. Wood
Ch. 17 Race and Politics in the American States - Candis Watts Smith
Ch. 18 Economic and Political Inequality - Elizabeth Rigby
