West Virginia Politics and Government
Richard A. Brisbin (Author), John C. Kilwein (Author), L. Christopher Plein (Author)
9781496227300
Paperback / softback, published 1 August 2024
484 pages, 1 map, 8 tables, 1 chart, index
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.734 kg
“In this third edition of West Virginia Politics and Government is extensive in its reach, covering every facet of government in the state. It addresses such recent-and important-developments in the state as the opioid crisis, the coronavirus pandemic and the response to it, the teacher strike and the establishment of charter schools, and the quest to improve broadband internet access. I found the descriptions of policy disputes-including those involving mountaintop-removal mining, fracking, and the history of the coal industry and its labor wars-to be especially well done.”-Louis Jacobson, senior correspondent for PolitiFact and former deputy editor of Roll Call
“The three authors are exceedingly knowledgeable of the politics and governance of West Virginia. . . . Equally important, their lived experiences as public scholars in the state allow for bringing applied realism to the depiction and explanations in the book.”-Sam Workman, professor and director of the Institute for Policy Research and Public Affairs at West Virginia University
Combining new empirical information about political behavior with a close examination of the capacity of the state’s government, this third edition of West Virginia Politics and Government offers a comprehensive and pointed study of the ability of the state’s government to respond to the needs of a largely rural and relatively low-income population.
