The Power of American Governors

Winning on Budgets and Losing on Policy

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Affairs & Administration
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Author: Professor Thad Kousser, Professor Justin H. Phillips ISBN: 9781139579551
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: September 17, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Professor Thad Kousser, Professor Justin H. Phillips
ISBN: 9781139579551
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: September 17, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

With limited authority over state lawmaking, but ultimate responsibility for the performance of government, how effective are governors in moving their programs through the legislature? This book advances a new theory about what makes chief executives most successful and explores this theory through original data. Thad Kousser and Justin H. Phillips argue that negotiations over the budget, on the one hand, and policy bills on the other are driven by fundamentally different dynamics. They capture these dynamics in models informed by interviews with gubernatorial advisors, cabinet members, press secretaries and governors themselves. Through a series of novel empirical analyses and rich case studies, the authors demonstrate that governors can be powerful actors in the lawmaking process, but that what they're bargaining over – the budget or policy – shapes both how they play the game and how often they can win it.

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With limited authority over state lawmaking, but ultimate responsibility for the performance of government, how effective are governors in moving their programs through the legislature? This book advances a new theory about what makes chief executives most successful and explores this theory through original data. Thad Kousser and Justin H. Phillips argue that negotiations over the budget, on the one hand, and policy bills on the other are driven by fundamentally different dynamics. They capture these dynamics in models informed by interviews with gubernatorial advisors, cabinet members, press secretaries and governors themselves. Through a series of novel empirical analyses and rich case studies, the authors demonstrate that governors can be powerful actors in the lawmaking process, but that what they're bargaining over – the budget or policy – shapes both how they play the game and how often they can win it.

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