Pennsylvania Politics and Policy
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Pennsylvania Politics and Policy

A Commonwealth Reader

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eBook - PDF

Pennsylvania Politics and Policy

A Commonwealth Reader

About this book

The activities of state governments have always been important in the American federal system. However, recent partisan gridlock in Washington, DC has placed states at the forefront of policymaking as the national government maintains the status quo. Pennsylvania Politics and Policy, Volume 1 is designed to showcase current issues of interest to Pennsylvanians. This reader contains updated chapters from recent issues of Commonwealth: A Journal of Pennsylvania Politics and Policy on education, health care, public finance, tax policy, environmental policy, alcohol policy and more. Each chapter is supplemented by forums with arguments in support of or opposed to contested elements of state policy, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading. 

In addition, Pennsylvania Politics and Policy, Volume 1 includes a comprehensive guide to researching state government and policy online. It is designed as a text or supplement for college or advanced high school classes in American government, state and local politics, public policy, and public administration. 

Contributors include: David G. Argall, Tom Baldino, Michele Deegan, Michael Dimino, George Hale, Rachel L. Hampton , Paula Duda Holoviak Jon Hopcraft, Vera Krekanova, Maureen W. McClure, Barry G. Rabe, Marguerite Roza, Lanethea Mathews Shultz, Jennie Sweet-Cushman, Amanda Warco, and the editors.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Chapter 1: The Legislative Process
  5. Chapter 2: Gubernatorial Power
  6. Chapter 3: Tax Policy
  7. Chapter 4: Energy Policy
  8. Chapter 5: Education Policy
  9. Chapter 6: Demographics and Public Policy
  10. Chapter 7: Health-Care Policy
  11. Chapter 8: Alcohol Policy
  12. Chapter 9: Social Policy
  13. Chapter 10: Researching Pennsylvania Online (Michelle J. Atherton and J. Wesley Leckrone)
  14. Contributors