Arkansas Politics and Government

Name: Arkansas Politics and Government
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ISBN: 9780803261983

ISBN-10: 0803261985

ISBN-13: 9780803261983

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Diane D. Blair Irrevocable Trust, Jay Barth, Diane Blair

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Published a decade and a half after the late Diane D. Blair’s influential bookArkansas Politics and Government, this freshly revised edition builds on her work, which highlighted both the decades of failure by Arkansas's government to live up to the state’s motto ofRegnat Populus(“The People Rule”) and the positive trends of democracy. Since the first edition, Arkansas has seen the two-term U.S. presidency of a native son, the retirement of players who defined the state’s politics in the modern era, the further realignment of the state’s electorate, the passage of the nation’s most extreme legislative term limits, the complete overhaul of the state’s court system, and the declaration that…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 4/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 499
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.84" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.496




The past in the present



Some socioeconomic, cultural, and political explanations



Traditional politics and its transformation



Contemporary political patterns



Dealigned voters and disadvantaged political parties in contemporary Arkansas



The influence of interest groups



The constitution : provisions and politics



The power and politics of the executive branch



The power and politics of the legislative branch



The power and politics of the judicial branch



Arkansas in the federal system : cooperation and conflict



Politics at the grassroots : how democratic?



The politics of state services



Continuity and change in Arkansas politics



For the future : suggested sources