Heavy Lifting

The Job of the American Legislature

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Current Events, Political Science, Government, Local Government
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Author: Alan Rosenthal ISBN: 9781483304878
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: July 9, 2004
Imprint: CQ Press Language: English
Author: Alan Rosenthal
ISBN: 9781483304878
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: July 9, 2004
Imprint: CQ Press
Language: English

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What makes for a “good” legislature? In Heavy Lifting, Alan Rosenthal traveled to five states, interviewing and shadowing legislators to find out the answer. Through this engaging narrative, the author first establishes the most important aspects of American state legislatures--what they are and how they do their jobs--and then graduates to the book’s central thesis: Rosenthal argues that, on the whole, the American legislature must be evaluated on the basis of its processes, not its products. He breaks down the legislative process into three principal functions: representing, lawmaking, and balancing the executive, and covers each in turn in the remainder of the book.

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What makes for a “good” legislature? In Heavy Lifting, Alan Rosenthal traveled to five states, interviewing and shadowing legislators to find out the answer. Through this engaging narrative, the author first establishes the most important aspects of American state legislatures--what they are and how they do their jobs--and then graduates to the book’s central thesis: Rosenthal argues that, on the whole, the American legislature must be evaluated on the basis of its processes, not its products. He breaks down the legislative process into three principal functions: representing, lawmaking, and balancing the executive, and covers each in turn in the remainder of the book.

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