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How Things Really Work

Name: How Things Really Work
Brand: Center for American History
SKU: 9780976669746
Price: 26.29 EUR
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Lessons from a Life in Politics

Autor: Saralee Tiede, Bill Hobby

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Väzba: Pevná

Vydavateľ: Center for American History

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Bill Hobby has spent most of his life in and around Texas government, including a record eighteen ye...

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Autor

Saralee Tiede, Bill Hobby

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydalo

2010

Stránok

300

EAN

9780976669746

ISBN

0976669749

Enbook ID

04766179

Vydavateľ

Center for American History

Hmotnosť

522

Rozmery

163 x 235 x 22

Kompletný popis

Bill Hobby has spent most of his life in and around Texas government, including a record eighteen years as the state's lieutenant governor. His candid recollections about his days in office, as well as his take on what state government should and should not do are part of "How Things Really Work: Lessons from a Life in Politics," published by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. "Nostalgia is not my purpose," Hobby writes in the book's preface. "But I do hope to convey something of my admiration for the people that I had the honor to work with, the spirit of the times, and a sense of how things actually worked--at least in the legislative process." His no-holds-barred opinions about everything from partisan politics to efforts to rewrite the Texas Constitution to government wiretaps and the war on drugs are included, as are his memories of working with Texas politicians Ben Ramsey, Dolph Briscoe, Bill Clements, and Ann Richards. Hobby's years as lieutenant governor coincided with Texas's transition from a state dependent on oil and agriculture to one with a more diversified economy strengthened by the technology and health care industries. Through it all, Hobby emphasized the need for Texas to make education a priority. He enjoyed the nuts and bolts of the legislative process, especially appropriations and redistricting. "To help people, government has to work," he says. "Make the system work."