A legacy of innovation : governors and public policy

A legacy of innovation : governors and public policy / edited by Ethan G. Sribnick.

Top scholars examine the changing role of state governors over the course of the twentieth century. This volume of essays tracks the evolution of gubernatorial leadership as it has dealt with critical issues, including conservation, transportation, civil rights, education, globalization, and health...

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Other Authors: Sribnick, Ethan G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Governors > United States > History > 20th century.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Governors
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Resourceful leaders: governors and the politics of the American environment / Sarah Phillips
  • "To lay and collect": governors, fiscal federalism, and the political economy of twentieth-century tax policy / Ajay K. Mehrotra, David Shreve
  • Governors and the development of American social policy / Ron Haskins
  • Governors and economic development / Jon C. Teaford
  • Uneasy executives: governors and civil rights from the bay state to the old dominion / Jason Sokol
  • Balancing economic development with investor protection / Brooke Masters
  • Moving the nation: governors and the development of American transportation policy / Robert Jay Dilger
  • Gubernatorial leadership and American K-12 education reform / Maris A. Vinovskis
  • From charity care to Medicaid: governors, states, and the transformation of American health care / Colleen M. Grogan, Vernon K. Smith.

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