Pennsylvania Government and Politics: Understanding Public Policy in the Keystone State

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the Keystone State’s formal and informal political institutions and players, past and present, and elucidates the place each holds in governing the commonwealth today. Covering a period of more than three hundred years, this volume presents a clear and succinct overview of

• the commonwealth’s political history, culture, and geography;

• interactions between office holders, civil servants, special interest groups, and the media;

• policy develo...