Fixing Illinois: Politics and Policy in the Prairie State

by James D. Nowlan and J. Thomas Johnson

Book Overview

Persistent problems have left Illinois the butt of jokes and threatened it with fiscal catastrophe. In Fixing Illinois, James D. Nowlan and J. Thomas Johnson use their four decades of experience as public servants, Springfield veterans, and government observers to present a comprehensive program of almost one hundred specific policy ideas aimed at rescuing the state from its long list of problems.

Nowlan and Johnson start with the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252079965
• ISBN13: 9780252079962
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"