| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 497 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Politics and governments of the American states |
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Politics and governments of the American states.
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| Contents |
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 -- 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 -- Politics at the grassroots -- The politics of state services -- Continuity and change in Arkansas politics -- For the future |
| Summary |
"Published a decade and a half after the late Diane D. Blair's influential book Arkansas 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 of Regnat Populus ("The People Rule") and the positive trends of democracy." "While maintaining the basic structure of Blair's original work with its focus on important historical patterns and the ways in which the past continues to shape the present, the second edition details the causes and consequences of recent changes in Arkansas and asks whether they are profound and permanent or merely transitory variations in symbol and style. Jay Barth argues that although Arkansas currently expresses a healthier representative democracy than throughout most of its history, its political and governmental entities are still sharply limited as effective instruments of "the people.""--Jacket |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Arkansas politics & government. ©1988 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-473) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Arkansas -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007207
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| Subject |
Arkansas
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barth, Jay, 1966-
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Blair, Diane D., 1938-
Arkansas politics & government
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| LC no. |
2004018016 |
| ISBN |
0803204892 |
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9780803204898 |
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