Governing Washington
Subtitle: politics and government in the Evergreen State
By: edited by Cornell W. Clayton and Nicholas P. Lovrich
Publisher: Washington State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Pullman, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780874223088
Subjects: Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The political culture of Washington State / John Pierce, Nicholas Lovrich, and Stuart Elway; title: Elections in Washington / Todd Donovan; title: Political parties in Washington / Andrew Appleton and Renee Edwards; title: Interest groups in Washington State: the political dynamics of representation, influence, and regulation / Clive S. Thomas and Richard Elgar; title: Changing faces of diversity in Washington State / Luis Ricardo Fraga and Maria Chavez; title: Media and politics in Washington in the post-post-intelligencer age / Kathleen Searles and Austin Jenkins; title: Washington's constitution: the politics of state constitutional interpretation / Cornell W. Clayton and Lucas McMillan; title: The Washington State judiciary: decentralization, responsiveness, and independence / Simon Zschirnt, J. Mitchell Pickerill, and Carl McCurley; title: The executive branch in Washington State government / Steven D. Stehr and Michael J. Gaffney; title: The office of the governor / David Nice and Jacob Day; title: The state legislature / Francis Benjamin and Nicholas Lovrich; title: Public finance and budgeting in Washington State / Jenny L. Holland and Steve Lundin.