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Governors, Agenda Setting, and Divided Government

Laura A. Van Assendelft

出版	University Press of America, 1997
主題	Biography & Autobiography / PoliticalPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / American Government / Legislative BranchPolitical Science / History & TheoryPolitical Science / Political Process / GeneralPolitical Science / American Government / StatePolitical Science / Public Policy / GeneralPolitical Science / American Government / General
ISBN	076180644X9780761806448
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9puHAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

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This book examines divided government from a new perspective. By turning to governors and agenda setting, the stage of the policymaking processes where the opportunities for success in terms of legislative output are defined, perhaps the real impact of divided government may be observed. This book compares the agenda setting strategies of four governors, two in states with divided government and two in states with unified government. The analysis is based on legislative records, the governors' state of the state addresses, and in-depth interviews conducted with the governors, their staff members, state legislators, and journalists. Although divided government does not produce gridlock or stalemate at the state level, it is not without impact on governing. Divided government helps to explain a governor's choice of strategy in agenda setting, influencing whether he will work primarily within the system or go public. However, a combination of other factors also affect the agenda setting process. The four case studies provide examples of how agenda setting strategies are explained best by the interplay between personal characteristics of a governor, including his experience and personality, and political factors, including electoral outcomes, the governor's popular support, and his relationship with the legislature, in addition to divided or unified party control.