Peverill Squire holds the Hicks and Martha Griffiths Chair in American Political Institutions at the University of Missouri.Gary Moncrief is University Foundation Professor of Political Science at Boise State University.

[T]he best of the state and local texts. And it's not particularly close.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Making a Case for the StatesChapter 2: States and the Federal SystemChapter 3: State Fiscal SystemsChapter 4: The Policymaking Environment in the StatesChapter 5: The Policymaking Capacity of State GovernmentsChapter 6: Public Policy and the Role of the States in a Changing Federal SystemChapter 7: States and Their Local GovernmentsChapter 8: Elections and Political PartiesChapter 9: Why States Matter NowIndexAbout the Authors

Peverill Squire holds the Hicks and Martha Griffiths Chair in American Political Institutions at the University of Missouri.Gary Moncrief is University Foundation Professor of Political Science at Boise State University.

[T]he best of the state and local texts. And it's not particularly close.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Making a Case for the StatesChapter 2: States and the Federal SystemChapter 3: State Fiscal SystemsChapter 4: The Policymaking Environment in the StatesChapter 5: The Policymaking Capacity of State GovernmentsChapter 6: Public Policy and the Role of the States in a Changing Federal SystemChapter 7: States and Their Local GovernmentsChapter 8: Elections and Political PartiesChapter 9: Why States Matter NowIndexAbout the Authors