The Exciting Dynamics of State and Local Government
No ratings
Laura Merrifield Wilson, University of Indianapolis
Gregort Schufeldt, University of Indianapolis
Copyright Year:
Publisher: PALNI
Language: English
Formats Available
Conditions of Use
Attribution
CC BY
Table of Contents
- Publisher's Note
- Acknowledgements
- Case Study Chapter 1
- An Introduction to State and Local Government
- Case Study Chapter 2
- The Impact of Federalism
- Case Study Chapter 3
- Fifty State Constitutions
- Case Study Chapter 4
- State Legislatures
- Case Study Chapter 5
- Governors and the Executive Branch
- Case Study Chapter 6
- State Judicial Systems
- Case Study Chapter 7
- Direct Democracy
- Case Study Chapter 8
- Political Participation
- Case Study Chapter 9
- Campaigns and Elections
- Case Study Chapter 10
- Political Parties
- Case Study Chapter 11
- How Do Media and Interest Groups Influence State Government?
- Case Study Chapter 12
- Local Government Structure and Organization
- Contributors
- Supplemental Materials
About the Book
This book provides readers with both a large-scale overview of state government (including its responsibilities and rights established through federalism, political institutions such as the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, and political behavior such as voting, interest groups, and the media) in addition to guiding individual examinations of states through case studies incorporated in each chapter. The text gives readers a greater understanding of the role and responsibilities of state and local government. Utilizing state comparisons and highlights, in content included in both the chapters and the accompanying case studies, readers delve into the intricate world of comparative government while analyzing the differences and similarities, as well as the reasons for them, between and among states.
About the Contributors
Editors
Laura Merrifield Wilson is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Indianapolis. Her teaching and scholarship focuses on state government, public policy, campaigns and elections, and gender politics. Her book “Lurleen Burns Wallace: The Power of the First Lady Governor” (from Peter Lang Publishing, 2020) examined the complicated legacy of the first female governor of Alabama. She produces and hosts “Positively Politics” on WICR 88.7 and is a panelist on “INFocus” produced at Fox59/CBS4 and syndicated statewide.
Gregory Shufeldt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Indianapolis. His teaching and research interests within American Politics include political parties, state and local government, and political inequality. His research has been published in State Politics & Policy Quarterly, American Politics Research, Party Politics, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, Electoral Studies, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, and other journals.