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

• Autore: Rosenthal Alan <1932-2013, >
• Pubblicazione: Los Angeles : , : SAGE, , [2013]; ?2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 352.232130973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The best job in politics
• ISBN: 1-4833-4959-4; 1-4833-0168-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910480669303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II