Updated Ohio Politics released

The revised and updated edition of Ohio Politics edited by Brian Usher and Alexander P. Lamis has been released by the Kent State University Press.

Former Beacon Journal staff member Brian Usher was a political writer and Statehouse correspondent for several Ohio newspapers and press secretary for former governor Richard Celeste. He currently operates his own public relations firm in Columbus, Ohio.

Alexander P. Lamis is associate professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. A specialist on elections and political parties, he is the author of Southern Politics in the 1990s (1999).

When first published in 1994, Ohio Politics was defined as the first comprehensive survey of the state’s post–World War II politics. A collaborative effort by a team of journalists and political scientists, this updated edition includes coverage of the 2004 and 2006 elections; new chapters devoted to Governor George Voinovich’s second term and the era of Governor Bob Taft; and full coverage of Ohio’s school-funding cases. Also new to this edition is an overview of the era of Republican dominance that began in 1994 and ended abruptly in the Strickland landslide of 2006.

Contributing authors also explore the state’s recent political history and the diverse and often highly contentious political struggles in the years since 1944 and analyze in depth the state’s legislative, executive, and judicial branches, as well as their leaders. Additionally, contributors explore interest groups, elections, political parties, the news media, Ohio’s representation in Congress, and state politics in historical perspective.

In this revised edition, Ohio Politics serves as the study of Ohio’s rich and lively political history.

Some early reviews:

“Well-written and richly detailed, Ohio Politics offers interesting and informative anecdotes and a valuable study for the specialist as well as the non-specialist in search of a reference tool. . . . This fine volume will captivate readers of diverse interests and, indeed, contribute to enlightened government in the Buckeye State.”
—Northwest Ohio Quarterly

“This is the first comprehensive survey of the states’ major political events since 1944.”
—Echoes, Ohio Historical Society

“A fascinating story of executive power and party politics in the Buckeye State.” —CHOICE
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Politics/Ohio History
Paper ● $32.00t ● 2007 06.28.07 (Pub. Date)
ISBN 0-87338-613-2
978-0-87338-613-5
617 pp., 6-1/8 x 9-1/4
illustrations, notes, biblio., index