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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
November 2012
Print publication year:
2012
Online ISBN:
9781139135542
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139135542
Subjects:
Area Studies, American History after 1945, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, History, Politics and International Relations
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Book description

With limited authority over state lawmaking, but ultimate responsibility for the performance of government, how effective are governors in moving their programs through the legislature? This book advances a new theory about what makes chief executives most successful and explores this theory through original data. Thad Kousser and Justin H. Phillips argue that negotiations over the budget, on the one hand, and policy bills on the other are driven by fundamentally different dynamics. They capture these dynamics in models informed by interviews with gubernatorial advisors, cabinet members, press secretaries and governors themselves. Through a series of novel empirical analyses and rich case studies, the authors demonstrate that governors can be powerful actors in the lawmaking process, but that what they're bargaining over – the budget or policy – shapes both how they play the game and how often they can win it.

Awards

Co-Winner of the 2014 Virginia Gray Best Book Award, State Politics and Policy Section, American Political Science Association

Reviews

‘This is the best book, perhaps ever, on the influence that US governors have on the policy- and budget-making processes in the states. Clearly written, insightful, and full of well-constructed evidence, this is a must-read for serious observers of state government.’

Bruce Cain - Stanford University

‘I cannot imagine a better combination of scholars than Kousser and Phillips to illuminate the state of American governors. They bring the full set of tools for the job - command of theory, data, and empirical methods; a keen eye for natural experiments and an intuitive sense of why they matter; and, finally, a beat reporter’s attention to the quirks of statehouse politics and how legislative deals get struck. [They] show how bargaining over budgets differs from bargaining over other legislation, the factors that drive whether legislators will hold out or scramble to accept a deal, and when and how a governor’s popularity enters the equation. Best of all, the book is about more than American state politics - it delivers a theory of executive power relevant to students of legislative politics anywhere.’

John Carey - Dartmouth College

‘Thad Kousser and Justin Phillips have produced a masterful account of governors’ powers in dealing with the fifty state legislatures. They offer a theoretical model of how the dynamics of budget negotiations advantages governors, while bargaining over policy bills advantages legislators. The authors skilfully weave game theory, statistical analyses of original data, case studies, and information from extensive interviewing into evidence supporting their theory. Their book represents a major advance in the study of political executives.’

Virginia Gray - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

‘This innovative and rigorous examination of gubernatorial leadership ought to be required reading for anyone involved with or interested in the politics of the American states.’

Alan Rosenthal - Rutgers University

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