Why States Matter: An Introduction to State Politics

by Gary F Moncrief and Peverill Squire

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When it comes to voting, taxes, environmental regulations, social services, education, criminal justice, political parties, property rights, gun control, marriage and a whole host of other modern American issues, the state in which a citizen resides makes a difference. The idea that states matter is the fundamental concept explored in this book - by accomplished scholars and authors Gary Moncrief and Peverill Squire - and has been an essential truth embedded within America's governing philosophy since the Colonial Era. Considerably less attention is paid to the gritty but essential political battles fought at the level of America's states than...Read more
  • ISBN10 1538136163
  • ISBN13 9781538136164
  • Publish Date 17 February 2020 (first published 1 January 2013)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
  • Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Edition 3rd ed.
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 296
  • Language English