A Legacy of Innovation : Governors and Public Policy.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Directing Democracy -- Part I: Creativity Within the Confines of Federalism -- 1 Resourceful Leaders: Governors and the Politics of the American Environment -- 2 ''To Lay and Collect'': Governors, Fiscal Federalism, and the Political Economy of Twentieth-Century Tax Policy -- 3 Governors and the Development of American Social Policy -- Part II: Laboratories of Democracy: Public Policy in Action -- 4 Governors and Economic Development -- 5 Uneasy Executives: Governors and Civil Rights from the Bay State to the Old Dominion -- 6 Balancing Economic Development with Investor Protection -- Part III: Collective Action: Governors and Federal Policy -- 7 Moving the Nation: Governors and the Development of American Transportation Policy -- 8 Gubernatorial Leadership and American K- 12 Education Reform -- 9 From Charity Care to Medicaid: Governors, States, and the Transformation of American Health Care -- Afterword: A Legacy of State-Building -- Timeline of Governors and States in the Twentieth Century -- Notes -- Further Resources -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations.

Top scholars examine the changing role of state governors over the course of the twentieth century. This volume of essays tracks the evolution of gubernatorial leadership as it has dealt with critical issues, including conservation, transportation, civil rights, education, globalization, and health care.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.