Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-247) and index.
Studying the American governor / David P. Redlawsk -- Public perceptions of America's executives : the president and two very different governors / David J. Andersen -- The power of institutional design : governors, vetoes, and legislative outcomes / Robert J. McGrath, Jon C. Rogowski, and Josh M. Ryan -- Gubernatorial institutional authority and conflict : executive-judicial relations in the United States / Gbemende Johnson -- What causes state-level executive scandals? / Brandon Rottinghaus -- Voters and the limits of gubernatorial power : the case of Iowa / Christopher W. Larimer -- New Jersey's modern radical : Governor Woodrow Wilson and the pragmatist tradition in American politics / Tryve Throntveit -- Leadership at the twilight of progressivism : Mario Cuomo's defense of liberalism in two speeches in the summer of 1984 / Saladin Ambar -- "What would Gandhi do?" : Nikki Haley and South Carolina in American politics, black, white, and brown / Jason A. Kirk -- Rally 'round the governor : the response of voters to gubernatorial leadership in times of crisis / Ashley Koning and David P. Redlawsk -- The music governors create and inspire / John Weingart