{"product_id":"west-virginia-politics-and-government-paperback-softback-9781496227300","title":"West Virginia Politics and Government (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496227300","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWest Virginia Politics and Government\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard A. Brisbin (Author), John C. Kilwein (Author), L. Christopher Plein (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496227300\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 August 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e484 pages, 1 map, 8 tables, 1 chart, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.734 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“In this third edition of \u003ci\u003eWest Virginia Politics and Government\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eRoll Call\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“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\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCombining new empirical information about political behavior with a close examination of the capacity of the state’s government, this third edition of \u003ci\u003eWest Virginia Politics and Government\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599914103064,"sku":"9781496227300","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/west-virginia-politics-and-government-paperback-softback-9781496227300","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}