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200 14$aThe best job in politics $eexploring how governors succeed as policy leaders /$fAlan Rosenthal
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210  4$d?2013
215   $a1 online resource (ix, 278 pages)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-258) and index.
327   $aThe 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.
330 8 $aGovernors - 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.
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