Contributor
Gray, Virginia, 1945-
Edition Statement:8th edition
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : CQ Press 2004
Descriptionxviii, 470 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note:The socioeconomic and political context of states / Virginia Gray -- Intergovernmental relations / Russell L. Hanson -- Parties and elections / John F. Bibby and Thomas M. Holbrook -- Interest groups in the states / Clive S. Thomas and Ronald J. Hrebenar -- The initiative process / Shaun Bowler and Todd Donovan -- Legislative politics in the states / Keith E. Hamm and Gary F. Moncrief -- The governors / Thad Beyle -- Courts: politics and the judicial process / Henry R. Glick -- Administering state programs: performance and politics / Richard C. Elling -- Fiscal policy in the American states / James C. Garand and Kyle Baudoin -- Transforming state health and welfare programs / Mark Carl Rom -- The politics of education / Kenneth K. Wong -- Economic and social regulation / Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Kenneth J. Meier -- Economic development and infrastructure policy / Martin Saiz and Susan E. Clarke