Research Catalog

Title

Illinois politics : a citizen's guide / James D. Nowlan, Samuel K. Gove, and Richard J. Winkel, Jr.

Author

Nowlan, James Dunlap, 1941-

Publication

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors

• Gove, Samuel K. (Samuel Kimball), 1923-2011
• University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Institute of Government and Public Affairs.
• Winkel, Richard J.

Description

viii, 265 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"Based on the research and experience of respected veterans of Illinois politics, this book shows how the government runs, how politics operates, and what obstacles and opportunities exist for change. It explains how power is exercised and how parties compete for it. For engaged citizens, scholars, and students, Illinois Politics: A Citizen's Guide is a timely and much-needed roadmap for positive change."--Jacket.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

Illinois > Politics and government

Note

• "Published in collaboration with the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Illinois in perspective -- Power, parties, groups, and the media -- Elections / Kent D. Redfield -- Constitutions -- The legislature -- The executive -- The courts -- The intergovernmental web -- Education -- Taxing and spending -- Illinois: strong but not achieving.

ISBN

• 9780252077029 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0252077024 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009038147

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library