Governors, Legislatures, and Budgets: Diversity Across the American States

A study of the variations in the gubernatorial and legislative influence on state spending across the United States of America in which the authors offer case studies from all areas of the country. They demonstrate a wide diversity in executive-legislative interaction in budgeting practice. There are chapters on those states under gubernatorial domination and the variety of states in which the legislature retains the ability effectively to challenge the executive.