State Politics in United States
The Study of State and Local Politics and Policy
Donald P. Haider-Markel, in the chapter “The Study of State and Local Politics and Policy” of the Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government, offers some insight and critically assesses the situation and current state of scholarship on the topic. The following is a summary:The chapter provides an overview of this project and the contents of the following chapters on state and local politics and policy. A brief history of the subfield and recent innovations are discussed along with the advantages of studying state and local politics and policy from a comparative perspective.
Further Reading
- “The Study of State and Local Politics and Policy”, The Oxford Handbook of American Politics