The American Governor: Power, Constraint, and Leadership in the States

ISBN-13: 9781137488183 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 263 str.

David P. Redlawsk

Opis

This edited collection brings together a broad range of research on governors in the American states, examining governors as potentially powerful leaders who are subject to a range of constraints, as well as considering how individual governors may choose leadership paths that either enhance or detract from that power. The chapters build new models of the interactions between executives and other players within the states, examine the rhetoric of governors as a leadership tool, and generally put new and interesting emphases on governors with both detailed individual cases and larger-N studies. Governors are the political leaders of their states, with a range of powers and also constraints that differ from state to state and time to time. This very range makes the study of governors fertile ground for better understanding the American political system and the important role federalism plays in determining how policy develops and changes at all levels. The contributing authors look broadly at new research on governors, without the specific constraints of particular methods or focal points.

Spis treści

1. The American Governor: Power, Constraint, And Leadership; David P. Redlawsk
PART I: GOVERNORS: POWER AND CONSTRAINT
2. Public Perceptions Of America ' 's Executives: The President And Two Very Different Governors; David J. Andersen
3. The Power Of Institutional Design: Governors, Vetoes, And Legislative Outcomes; Robert J. Mcgrath, Jon C. Rogowski, And Josh M. Ryan
4. Gubernatorial Institutional Authority And Conflict: Executive-Judicial Relations In The United States; Gbemende Johnson
5. What Causes State-Level Executive Scandals?; Brandon Rottinghaus
6. Voters And The Limits Of Gubernatorial Power: The Case Of Iowa; Christopher Larimer
PART II: GOVERNORS AS POLICY AND IDEOLOGICAL LEADERS
7. New Jersey ' 's Modern Radical: Governor Woodrow Wilson And The Pragmatist Tradition In American Politics; Trygve Throntveit
8. Leadership At The Twilight Of Progressivism: Mario Cuomo ' 's Defense Of Liberalism In Two Speeches In The Summer Of 1984; Saladin Ambar
9. ' 'What Would Gandhi Do? ' ' Nikki Haley And South Carolina In American Politics, Black, White And Brown; Jason A. Kirk
10. Rally ' 'Round The Governor: The Response Of Voters To Gubernatorial Leadership In Times Of Crisis; Ashley Koning And David P. Redlawsk
PART III: GOVERNORS IN POPULAR CULTURE
11. The Music Governors Create And Inspire; John Weingart

O autorze

Saladin Ambar, Lehigh University, USA Matthew Delmont, Scripts College, USA Gbemende Johnson, Hamilton College, USA Jason Kirk, Elon University, USA Ashley Koning, Rutgers University, USA Christopher Larimer, University of Northern Iowa, USA Robert McGrath, George Mason University, USA Jon Rogowski, University of Chicago, USA Brandon Rottinghaus, University of Houston, USA Josh Ryan, Bradley University, USA Trygve Throntveit, Harvard University, USA Sophia J. Wallace, Rutgers University, USA John Weingart, Rutgers University, USA