| Description |
1 online resource (316 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; PART ONE. INTRODUCTION; 1. Studying Legislative Change; PART TWO. A NEW GENERATION OF LEGISLATORS; 2. Getting Elected to the Kentucky Legislature; 3. The New Legislators; 4. Representing the District; PART THREE. THE NEW LEGISLATURE; 5. The Remodeled Committee System; 6. Legislative Budgetary Review; 7. Legislative Oversight; PART FOUR. CHANGES IN POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING; 8. Leadership and Political Parties; 9. The Governor as Legislative Leader; 10. The Legislature as a Broker of Interests |
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PART FIVE. CONCLUSION11. Causes and Consequences of Change; References; Index |
| Summary |
Twenty years ago the Kentucky General Assembly was one of the least powerful and least effective legislatures in the country, almost entirely dominated by the governor. Over the past two decades the legislature has changed -- gradually and with little public attention -- into a far more powerful, professional, and independent body. This book is a study of that process of change: its causes, the obstacles encountered, and the political and policy consequences. It is a study of changing relationships between governor and legislature, caused in part by less aggressive gubernatorial leadership and |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kentucky. General Assembly.
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| SUBJECT |
Kentucky. General Assembly fast |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government -- Legislative Branch.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Kentucky -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85071978
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| Subject |
Kentucky
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Miller, Penny M
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| ISBN |
9780813159706 |
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0813159709 |
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