The governor as party leader
Subtitle: campaigning and governing
By: Sarah McCally Morehouse.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Governors -- United States.; Political parties -- United States -- States.; State governments -- United States.
Description: Sarah McCally Morehouse explores the relationship between governors as political campaigners and as policymakers and presents important new evidence on the link between the way a governor is elected and the strength of the governor in the policy-making process.

Morehouse looks first at gubernatorial campaigning and later at the ability of the governor to affect the policy-making process; through a review of ten states in the early 1980s and again in the early 1990s, Morehouse is able to draw conclusions about the impact of the way a governor is elected on the governor's ability to lead. This book will appeal to those who are interested in state politics, electoral politics, and the ways that states will respond to new demands for dealing with social issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: Party government : the American model; title: Coalition building for electing and governing; title: The rules and the game; title: Resources, factions, and strategies : direct-primary states; title: Resources, factions, and strategies : party endorsement states; title: Money versus party effort : nominating for governor; title: Governors and governing; title: The government and party government.