Arkansas Politics and Government Do the People Rule?

Name: Arkansas Politics and Government Do the People Rule?
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ISBN: 9780803260733

ISBN-10: 0803260733

ISBN-13: 9780803260733

Edition: 1988

Authors: Diane D. Blair, Daniel J. Elazar, Diane Blair

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In this full-scale study of Arkansas politics and government, Diane D. Blair spots many encouraging trends: an upsurge in voter registration and participation, the growth of partisan competition, the increasing influence of women and blacks in state and local government, and the state's provision of more, and more varied, public services. It was not always so. Blair asserts that, in spite of the state's proud motto of Regnat Populus (The People Rule), an unresponsive and sometimes self-serving elite ruled over an apathetic and often oppressed populace for most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She explains the causes and consequences of changes in Arkansas and asks whether they…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 9/1/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 362
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of Tables, Maps, and Figures


Foreword



Preface



The Past in the Present



Some Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Political Explanations



Traditional Politics and Its Transformation



Contemporary Political Patterns



Voters and Political Parties



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


Notes


Index