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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828008103321

Autore

Rosenthal Alan <1932-2013, >

Titolo

The best job in politics : exploring how governors succeed as policy leaders / / Alan Rosenthal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles : , : SAGE, , [2013]

?2013

ISBN

1-4833-4959-4

1-4833-0168-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 278 pages)

Disciplina

352.232130973

Soggetti

Governors - United States

Governors - United States - Powers and duties

Governors - United States - History - 20th century

Governors - United States - History - 21st century

Political leadership - United States - States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The job of governor -- Playing the hands they are dealt -- What governors bring to the table -- How governors put together their policy agendas -- Laying the groundwork for their initiatives -- Strategies and tactics of engagement -- Succeeding as policy leaders -- Legacy and beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

Governors - both in, and now out of, office - see the job as the best in politics. Why is that? Drawing on a survey of former governors, personal interviews, as well as gubernatorial memoirs and biographies, Rosenthal shows students how and why governors succeed as policy leaders and makes a case as to why some governors are better at leveraging the institutional advantages of the office.