Politics in Georgia Contributor(s): Howard, Robert M. (Author), Fleischmann, Arnold (Author), Engstrom, Richard N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820351768 ISBN-13: 9780820351766 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $103.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - State - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship |
Dewey: 320.475 |
LCCN: 2017019754 |
Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6" W x 9" (1.76 lbs) 428 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This new edition has been extensively updated to reflect developments in Georgia politics and government since 2007--a decade that has seen three presidential election cycles, two midterm elections, and a census. Updates reflect not only changes in how Georgia is governed but also the economic and social trends helping to drive those changes. These include the continued growth and dispersal of His panic and Asian populations; the decline, by a variety of measures, of rural areas; and the moderating effect of probusiness government factions on social conservative agendas. This edition maintains the book's comparative approach, which examines the state from three revealing perspectives. This allows readers to determine the extent to which Georgia is similar to its peers on such topics as the length and features of the constitution, the organization of the state government, and the nature of policies. All this allows students and scholars to have a better understanding of the political and economic dynamics of Georgia and the relationship of those dynamics to national political and economic developments. The result is a thorough, up-to-date resource on Georgia's dynamic political system. Features: |
Contributor Bio(s): Fleischmann, Arnold: - ARNOLD FLEISCHMANN is a professor of political science at Eastern Michigan University. He has published more than twenty-five articles and book chapters on urban and state politics and is the coauthor, with Robert M. Howard and Richard N. Engstrom, of Georgia's Constitution and Government (Georgia).Howard, Robert M.: - ROBERT M. HOWARD is a professor of political science at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is the author of Getting a Poor Return: Courts, Justice, and Taxes.Engstrom, Richard N.: - RICHARD N. ENGSTROM is the associate director of the Institute for Governmental Service and Research at the University of Maryland. His research on national, state, and local government has appeared in Political Research Quarterly, Electoral Studies, and the Review of Policy Research. |