Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Introduction. Directing Democracy 1
5. Part I. Creativity Within the Confines of Federalism
6. Introduction 23
7. Chapter 1. Resourceful Leaders 25
8. Chapter 2. ‘‘To Lay and Collect’’ 48
9. Chapter 3. Governors and the Development of American Social Policy 76
10. Part II. Laboratories of Democracy
11. Introduction 105
12. Chapter 4. Governors and Economic Development 107
13. Chapter 5. Uneasy Executives 124
14. Chapter 6. Balancing Economic Development with Investor Protection 149
15. Part III. Collective Action
16. Introduction 167
17. Chapter 7. Moving the Nation 169
18. Chapter 8. Gubernatorial Leadership and American K-12 Education Reform 185
19. Chapter 9. From Charity Care to Medicaid 204
20. Afterword: A Legacy of State-Building 231
21. Timeline of Governors and States in the Twentieth Century 233
22. Notes 257
23. Contributors 301
24. Index 305
25. Acknowledgments 313