Synopsis for Inside State Government in Illinois: A Primer for Illinois Managers

Inside State Government in Illinois takes you inside the web of state government, inside the Illinois governor’s office, the Bureau of the Budget, the patronage office, the General Assembly, the capitol press room, and lobbyists’ offices. Veteran politicians, agency heads, and respected state government scholars serve as guides on this illuminating and fascinating tour of state government.

Sixty-six agency heads from the Thompson and Walker administrations rank Illinois influentials, assess the legislative and executive branches, and provide lessons that will be valuable for public managers and students.

Inside State Government in Illinois is a highly readable, practical, and systematic description and evaluation of state government. Written for classroom use as well as for those who need to understand state government from the inside.

Contributors include Craig S. Bazzani, division head in the Illinois Bureau of the Budget under Governors Walker and Thompson, now associate vice-president of the University of Illinois; Richard J. Carlson, director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and coauthor of The Illinois Legislature; Robert E. Cook, executive vice-president of the Illinois Association of Realtors.

Robert G. Cronson, auditor general of Illinois; Philip M. Gonet, director of the House Republican Appropriations Staff; Samuel K. Gove, co-editor of After Daley and director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs; Anna J. Merritt, contributing editor of Illinois Issues; Bill Miller, veteran statehouse journalist and director of the public affairs reporting program at Sangamon State University; James D. Nowlan, former legislator, gubernatorial assistant, and agency head, and former director of Graduate Programs in Public Administration at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Donald A. Udstuen, patronage director under Governor Richard B. Ogilvie, now associate administrator of the Illinois State Medical Society.