Heavy Lifting The Job of the American Legislature

Name: Heavy Lifting The Job of the American Legislature
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ISBN: 9781568027340

ISBN-10: 1568027346

ISBN-13: 9781568027340

Edition: 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Alan Rosenthal

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What makes for a &BAD:ldquo;good&BAD:rdquo; legislature? In Heavy Lifting, Alan Rosenthal traveled to five states, interviewing and shadowing legislators to find out the answer. Through this engaging narrative, the author first establishes the most important aspects of American state legislatures--what they are and how they do their jobs--and then graduates to the book&BAD:rsquo;s central thesis: Rosenthal argues that, on the whole, the American legislature must be evaluated on the basis of its processes, not its products. He breaks down the legislative process into three principal functions: representing, lawmaking, and balancing the executive, and covers each in turn in the remainder of…

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: CQ Press
Publication date: 7/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 247
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.80" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




Looking at what legislatures do



Representation : serving the district's interests



Representation : expressing constituency views



Lawmaking : challenges of the legislative process



Lawmaking : obstacles to overcome



Lawmaking : putting it together



Lawmaking : managing majorities



Balance : the executive's upper hand



Balance : how governors and legislatures deal with one another



Does legislative leadership make a difference?



What is a "good" legislature?