West Virginia Politics and Government

Richard A. Brisbin Jr. is an associate professor of political science at West Virginia University. He is the author of A Strike Like No Other Strike: Law and Resistance during the Pittston Coal Strike of 1989–1990.  Robert Jay Dilger is an assistant director and senior specialist in American national government at the Congressional Research Service in the Library of Congress. He is the coauthor of Welfare Reform in West Virginia.  Allan S. Hammock is an associate professor emeritus of political science at West Virginia University. He is the coeditor of Points of View: Readings in American Government and Politics, 9th edition.  L. Christopher Plein is an associate professor of public administration at the School of Applied Social Sciences at West Virginia University. He is the coauthor of Welfare Reform in West Virginia.

Series Preface 000 Acknowledgments 000 Introduction: Mountain State Politics 000 Part 1: The Construction of the Political Agenda 1. Sources of the Political Agenda: Geography, History, Economy, and Political Culture 000 2. Public Contributions to the Political Agenda: Participation, Parties, and Elections 000 3. Interest Group Politics 000 4. Intergovernmental Relations and the Political Agenda 000 Part 2: Political Institutions 5. Constitutional Politics 000 6. The Legislature 000 7. The Governor and Executive Offices 000 8. The Administration of State Policies 000 9. The Budget Process 000 10. The Judiciary 000 11. Local Government 000 12. Policy Controversies and the Capacity of the State Government 000 Notes 000 Suggestions for Further Reading 000 Index 000