Wisconsin Politics and Government America's Laboratory of Democracy

Name: Wisconsin Politics and Government America's Laboratory of Democracy
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ISBN: 9780803264564

ISBN-10: 0803264569

ISBN-13: 9780803264564

Edition: 2006

Authors: James K. Conant, James Conant

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Throughout the twentieth century, Wisconsin won national visibility and praise for its role as a "laboratory of democracy" within the American federal system. In "Wisconsin Politics and Government" James K. Conant traces the development of the state and its Progressive heritage from the early territorial experience to contemporary times. Conant includes a discussion of the four major periods of institutional and policy innovation that occurred in Wisconsin during the twentieth century as well as an examination of the state's constitution, legislature, office of the governor, courts, political parties and elections, interest groups, social welfare policy, local governments, state-local…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 3/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 420
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



List of Map, Tables, and Figures


Acknoledgments


Introduction



The Character of the State



The Constitution



The Legislature



The Governor



The Courts



Private Interests and Interest Groups



Political Parties and Elections



The State Budget and the Budgetary Process



Social Welfare Policy



Local Government



State-Local Relations



Wisconsin in the Federal System



Continuing Traditions and Emerging Issues



Studying Wisconsin Politics and Government: A Guide to Resources


Notes


Index