Why States Matter: An Introduction To State Politics - Softcover

Moncrief, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 074257038X ISBN 13: 9780742570382

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013

Synopsis

When it comes to voting, taxes, environmental regulations, social services, education, criminal justice, political parties, property rights, gun control, marriage and a whole host of other modern American issues, the state in which a citizen resides makes a difference. The idea that states matter is the fundamental concept explored in this book - by accomplished scholars and authors Gary Moncrief and Peverill Squire - and has been an essential truth embedded within America's governing philosophy since the Colonial Era. Considerably less attention is paid to the gritty but essential political battles fought at the level of America’s states than to the endless and infamous turmoil inside the beltway, but the political decisions made by those in state-level offices are of tremendous importance to the lives of people whose states they govern. This book introduces students to the very tangible and constantly evolving implications, limitations, and foundations of America’s state political institutions, and accessibly explains the ways that the political powers of the states manifest themselves in the cultures, economies, and lives of everyday Americans, and always will.

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About the Author

Gary Moncrief is University Foundation Professor of Political Science at Boise State University and the author and editor of numerous books, including Reapportionment and Redistricting in the West (Lexington Books, 2011).   Peverill Squire holds the Hicks and Martha Griffiths Chair in American Political Institutions, and Frederick A. Middlebush Chair in Political Science at the University of Missouri. Among his recent books is The Evolution of American Legislatures: Colonies, Territories, and States, 1619-2009 (University of Michigan Press, 2012).

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074257038X
• ISBN 13: 9780742570382
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208