James D. Nowlan, Kent D. Redfield, Melissa Mouritsen

Illinois Politics

A Citizen's Guide to Power, Politics, and Government

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book is a substantial revision of two earlier iterations: Illinois Politics and Government: The Expanding Metropolitan Frontier (Nebraska, 1996), by Samuel K. Gove and Nowlan, and Illinois Politics and Government: A Citizen's Guide (Illinois, 2010), by Nowlan, Gove, Richard J. Winkel, with a major chapter by Redfield"--Preface.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780252045875
• ISBN-10: 0252045874
• Artikelnr.: 70287769

Autorenporträt

Melissa Mouritsen, Kent D. Redfield, and James D. Nowlan

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Politics
1. Illinois in Perspective
2. Power and Influence in Illinois Politics
3. Elections
4. Political Corruption
Part II: Institutions
1. Constitutions
2. The Legislature
3. The Executive
4. The Courts and Criminal Justice Policy
5. Local Government and the Intergovernmental Web
Part III: Policy
1. Budgeting, Taxing, and Spending in Illinois
2. Rules of the Game
3. Education
4. People Services
5. Buffeted by Change, Illinois Continues as Hub of the Midwest
Notes
 
Index