The Power of American Governors : Winning on Budgets and Losing on Policy (Hardcover)

1. One problem shared by 50 state governors; 2. The roots of executive power; 3. What do governors propose?; 4. Gubernatorial success; 5. Do governors set the size of government?; 6. The power and perils of popularity; 7. The item veto: a negative or positive power?; 8. Legislative professionalism and gubernatorial power; 9. Governors and the comparative study of chief executives.