"The Legislative Branch of State Government: People, Process, and Politics" is one of three titles in ABC-CLIO's About State Government set, offering comprehensive coverage of contemporary American politics at the state level. Each of the three volumes focuses on a specific governmental branch, providing both general information and comparative details on how that branch operates in each state.

Ranging from colonial times to the present, this volume takes a broad look at how the nation's state legislative institutions have evolved and operate. Combined with the other two volumes in the...

One of three titles in ABC-CLIO's About State Government set, this work offers comprehensive coverage of contemporary American politics at the state level. It explores the critical roles played by the governorship and state-level bureaucracies--both in managing the state's business and as a component of the overall national system of government.

Written by some of the nation's foremost authorities on state politics, "The Executive Branch of State Government" chronicles the evolution of the state-level executive apparatus from colonial times to the present, emphasizing its current...