Overview
What makes for a "good" 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’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 the book.
The book, Heavy Lifting: The Job of the American Legislature [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781568027340 in Paperback by Alan Rosenthal may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
07/09/2004
ISBN-10:
1568027346
ISBN-13:
9781568027340
Pages:
247
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
