Machine generated contents note: 1. One problem shared by 50 state governors; 2. The roots of executive power; 3. What do governors propose?; 4. Gubernatorial success; 5. Do governors set the size of government? 6. The power and perils of popularity; 7. The item veto: a negative or positive power?; 8. Legislative professionalism and gubernatorial power; 9. Governors and the comparative study of chief executives.
The Power of American governors : winning on budgets and losing on policy by Thad Kousser. ISBN 9781107611177. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.