The Concise Guide to South Carolina State Government - Softcover

Vincent Sheheen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1643366432 ISBN 13: 9781643366432

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 2025

Synopsis

An insider's guide to the government of the Palmetto State In The Concise Guide to South Carolina State Government, former state senator Vincent Sheheen provides an engaging and accessible overview of the structures of the state's government and how they came to be. Sheheen covers the history of South Carolina's government, the legislative branch, the executive branch, the judicial branch, state agencies, and local government, with the insight that only someone who has walked the corridors of the State House in Columbia can provide. Throughout, profiles of a key figures such as Solomon Blatt (the first Jewish speaker of the house) and Jean Hoefer Toal (the first woman to serve on the state Supreme Court and as chief justice), animate the text. For elected officials, government professionals, teachers, students, media on the politics beat, and political junkies, The Concise Guide to South Carolina State Government will become the first place to go to learn about why the Palmetto State works the way it does.

About this title

About the Author

Vincent Sheheen is an attorney and former state senator, and was elected Mayor of Camden, SC, in 2024. He has taught at the University of South Carolina Honors College and Joseph F. Rice School of Law as well as the Francis Marion University Non-Profit Institute. Sheheen is cohost of the podcast Bourbon in the Back Room and has published numerous essays, articles, and the book, The Right Way: Getting the Palmetto State Back on Track.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1643366432
• ISBN 13: 9781643366432
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144