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Governors, Legislatures, and Budgets
Diversity Across the American States
Governors, Legislatures, and Budgets
Diversity Across the American States
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How does gubernatorial and legislative influence over state spending vary across the American states? This is the question that Governors, Legislators, and Budgets sets out to answer. Clynch and Lauth offer case studies from all areas of the country. Demographically, they range from very rural to heavily urban. They also show a wide diversity in their center of power. Some have their power strongly resting with the governor. Other states show domination by the legislature, and still others paint a picture of evenly dispersed power.
This volume provides the contextual richness needed to understand the executive-legislative interaction which occurs during the recurring budgeting process. Chapters two to four focus on strong executive states with gubernatorial domination, approaching the executive centered process envisioned by reformers. The next four chapters concentrate on a variety of states in which the legislature retains the ability to effectively challenge the executive. The remaining chapters examine states with legislative influence and those with unusual arrangements. A closing essay by Clynch and Lauth completes the volume.
Table of Contents
California: Changing Demographics and Executive Dominance by Jerry L. McCaffery
Illinois: Executive Reform and Fiscal Condition by Irene S. Rubin, Jack King, Steven C. Wagner, and Ellen M. Dran
Ohio: Impact of Economic and Political Conditions by Susan A. MacManus
Connecticut: Prosperity, Frugality, and Stability by Carol W. Lewis
Georgia: Shared Power and Fiscal Conservatives by Thomas P. Lauth
Idaho: Process and Politics in Gem State Budgeting by H. Sydney Duncombe and Richard Kinney
Minnesota: Searching for Stability by James E. Jernberg
Kentucky: Transitions, Adjustments, and Innovations by Merl M. Hackbart
Florida: Miles to Go and Promises to Keep by Gloria A. Grizzle
Utah: Legislative Budgeting in an Executive Budget State by F. Ted Hebert
Texas: Legislative Budgeting in a Post-Oil-Boom Economy by Glen Hahn Cope
Mississippi: Does the Governor Really Count? by Edward J. Clynch
South Carolina: The Demise of Legislative Dominance? by Marcia Lynn Whicker
Conclusion: Budgeting in the American States--Conflict and Diversity by Edward J. Clynch and Thomas P. Lauth
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Feb 28 1991 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 200 |
| ISBN | 9780313259302 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Series | Contributions in Political Science |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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