<p>The book compares and contrasts Congress and the state legislatures on histories, fundamental structures, institutional and organizational characteristics, and members. By highlighting the vast array of organizational schemes and behavioral patterns evidenced in state legislatures, the authors demonstrate that the potential for the study of American legislatures, as opposed to the separate efforts of Congressional and state legislative scholars, is to great to leave unexplored.</p>

101 Chambers: Congress, State Legislatures, and the Future of Legislative Studies (Parliaments and Legislatures Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Peverill Squire

Keith E. Hamm

Politics & Government

Ohio State University Press

When it comes to voting, taxes, environmental regulations, social services, education, criminal justice, political parties, property rights, gun control, marriage and a whole host of other modern American issues, the state in which a citizen resides makes a difference. That idea—that the political decisions made by those in state-level offices are of tremendous importance to the lives of people whose states they govern—is the fundamental concept explored in this book. Gary F. Moncrief and Peverill Squire introduce students to the very tangible and constantly evolving implications, limitations, and foundations of America’s state political institutions, and accessibly explain the ways that the political powers of the states manifest themselves in the cultures, economies, and lives of everyday Americans, and always will.

Why States Matter

Gary F. Moncrief

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group

Why States Matter: An Introduction to State Politics

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dynamics of Democracy

Atomic Dog Publishing

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