A Legacy of Innovation: Governors and Public Policy

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2008

A Legacy of Innovation

Governors and Public Policy

Edited by: Ethan G. Sribnick

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812209006

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Contents

About this book

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 care.

Author / Editor information

Ethan G. Sribnick is a National Governors Association Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction. Directing Democracy Brian Balogh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Creativity Within the Confines of Federalism
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter 1. Resourceful Leaders Governors and the Politics of the American Environment Sarah Phillips Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter 2. ‘‘To Lay and Collect’’ Governors, Fiscal Federalism, and the Political Economy of Twentieth-Century Tax Policy Ajay K. Mehrotra and David Shreve Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Chapter 3. Governors and the Development of American Social Policy Ron Haskins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Part II. Laboratories of Democracy
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter 4. Governors and Economic Development Jon C. Teaford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Chapter 5. Uneasy Executives Governors and Civil Rights from the Bay State to the Old Dominion Jason Sokol Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
Chapter 6. Balancing Economic Development with Investor Protection Brooke Masters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Part III. Collective Action
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Chapter 7. Moving the Nation Governors and the Development of American Transportation Policy Robert Jay Dilger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Chapter 8. Gubernatorial Leadership and American K-12 Education Reform Maris A. Vinovskis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Chapter 9. From Charity Care to Medicaid Governors, States, and the Transformation of American Health Care Colleen M. Grogan and Vernon K. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
Afterword: A Legacy of State-Building Ethan G. Sribnick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Timeline of Governors and States in the Twentieth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Illustrations
- Other: 12 illus.
Keywords: American History; Public Policy; Political Science; American Studies; Political Science

eBook

Published: April 8, 2013
ISBN: 9780812209006