| Description |
236 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Duke Press policy studies |
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Duke Press policy studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Thad L. Beyle and Lynn R. Muchmore -- Part I. The setting -- Governors in the American federal system / Thad L. Beyle and Lynn R. Muchmore -- Part II. Being governor -- Governors' views on being governor / Thad L. Beyle -- A day in the life of a governor / Center for Policy Research, National Governors' Association -- Part III. The political role -- The governor as party leader / Lynn R. Muchmore and Thad L. Beyle -- The governor and the public / Thad L. Beyle and Lynn R. Muchmore -- Governors and ethics / Robert Dalton -- Part IV. The managerial role -- The governor as manager / Lynn R. Muchmore -- The political nature of the governor as manager / H. Edward Flentje -- Governors views on management / Robert Dalton -- Appointment power : does it belong to the Governor? / Thad L. Beyle and Robert Dalton -- The gubernatorial appointment power : too much of a good thing? / Diane Kincaid Blair -- Part V. The legislative role -- The governor and the state legislature / Thad L. Beyle and Robert Dalton -- The governor as chief legislator / Thad L. Beyle -- Governors and lieutenant governors / Thad L. Beyle and Nelson C. Dometrius -- Part VI. The structural role -- Governors' offices : variations on common themes / Thad L. Beyle -- Planning and budgeting offices : on their relevance to gubernatorial decisions / Lynn R. Muchmore -- Science advice to governors : non-politics in the policy process / Lynn R. Muchmore -- Governors and intergovernmental relations : middlemen in the federal system / Thad L. Beyle and Lynn R. Muchmore. |
| Subject |
Governors -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Beyle, Thad L., 1934-2018
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Muchmore, Lynn R. (Lynn Roy), 1943-
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| ISBN |
0822305062: $27.00 (est.) |
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