Studying Governors Over Five Decades: What We Know and Where We Need to Go?

Authors

Emil L. Bernick, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-8-2016

Publication Title

State and Local Government Review

Volume

48

Issue

2

First page number:

132

Last page number:

146

Abstract

Governors are the most prominent political actor in state politics and a subject of continuous study by scholars. An analysis of the research produced over the past five decades reveals a pattern of topics investigated as well as trends in interest level of those topics. A brief review of some of the findings is presented as well as suggestions for additional research. Finally, a proposal to rethink how we study and evaluate governors is offered.

Repository Citation

Bernick, E. L. (2016). Studying Governors Over Five Decades: What We Know and Where We Need to Go?. State and Local Government Review, 48(2), 132-146.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0160323X16651477