Illinois Politics - 9780252045875

Illinois PoliticsA Citizen's Guide to Power, Politics, and Government\nAuthor(s): Melissa Mouritsen, Kent D. Redfield, James D. Nowlan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252045875, 978-0252045875\nSynopsis\nShifting demographics. Downstate versus Chicago. Billionaires and bribery. Even veteran observers need a roadmap to track Illinois ever-changing political landscape. Melissa Mouritsen, Kent D. Redfield, and James D. Nowlan provide an up-to-date primer on Prairie State politics, government, and policies. Features include: \n\n Discussions of recent events like the [tel] budget disaster, the response to COVID-19, and the fall of longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan; \n New chapters on corruption, social policies, and the political rules of the game; \n Perspectives on the nuts-and-bolts of campaign funding, the ways political actors acquire power or influence, and many other topics; \n Clos.