Governing States and Localities: Edition 9

Kevin B. Smith · Alan Greenblatt

Jun 2023 · CQ Press

About this ebook

From the lingering but long-lasting effects of the COVID pandemic to the growing diffusion of partisan polarization through the various levels of government, the Ninth Edition of Governing States and Localities introduces students to the most recent challenges, developments, and political changes impacting state and local politics. Employing a comparative approach, bestselling authors Kevin B. Smith and Alan Greenblatt illustrate the similarities and differences in the way state and local governments operate to show students the real-world application of policy and politics.

This edition keeps students engaged with a crisp journalistic style while providing a comprehensive introduction to state and local governments that is easily accessible to undergraduates in a variety of majors.

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About the author

Kevin B. Smith is the Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Chair of Political Science at theUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author or coauthor of 10 books on politics and policy,as well as numerous scholarly articles on state politics and policy. Prior to becoming an academic,he covered state and local politics as a newspaper reporter. You can follow him on Twitter at @nivek_htims.

Alan Greenblatt is a reporter at Governing magazine and has been writing about politics andgovernment in Washington, D.C., and the states for more than two decades. As a reporter forCongressional Quarterly, he won the National Press Club’s Sandy Hume Memorial Award forExcellence in Political Journalism. At Governing, he has covered numerous issues of concern tostate and local governments, such as budgets, taxes, and higher education. Along the way, he haswritten about politics and culture for many other outlets, including NPR, the New York Times,and the Washington Post. He’s on Twitter at @AlanGreenblatt.