Peverill Squire: 4 books
The Evolution of American Legislatures
Colonies, Territories, and States, 1619-2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
The institutional development of American legislatures, beginning with the first colonial assembly of 1619, has been marked by continuity as well as change. Peverill Squire draws upon a wealth of primary sources to document this institutional history. Beginning with the ways in which colonial assemblies...
The Rise of the Representative
Lawmakers and Constituents in Colonial America
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Representation is integral to the study of legislatures, yet virtually no attention has been given to how representative assemblies developed and what that process might tell us about how the relationship between the representative and the represented evolved. The Rise of the Representative corrects...
Why States Matter
An Introduction to State Politics
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
When it comes to voting, taxes, environmental regulations, social services, education, criminal justice, political parties, property rights, gun control, marriage and a whole host of other modern American issues, the state in which a citizen resides makes a difference. That idea—that the political...
State Legislatures Today
Politics under the Domes
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
A concise and provocative introduction to State Legislative Politics, State Legislatures Today is designed as a supplement for state and local government courses and upper level courses on legislative politics. The book examines state legislatures and state lawmakers, putting them in historical context,...