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Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government /

"This second edition of the authoritative Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government brings together in one volume some of the best available scholarly research on a wide range of topics and issues of interest to students of politics and government in the Natural State. The twenty-one chapter...

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Otros Autores: Reese, Catherine (Editor ), Parry, Janine A. (Editor ), Hoffman, Kim U. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2019.
Edición:2nd edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Foundations and Context in Arkansas Politics and Government; 1. The Antievolution Law: Church and State in Arkansas; 2. Low Villains and Wickedness in High Places: Race and Class in the Elaine Race Riots; 3. A Place at the Table: Hot Springs and the GI Revolt; 4. The Arkansas Electorate; 5. Arkansas: Trump is a Natural for the Natural State; Part II. Institutions and Actors in Arkansas Politics and Government; 6. "The Great Negro State of the Country"? Black Legislators in Arkansas, 1973-2000
  • 7. Term Limits in Arkansas: Opportunities and Consequences8. Orval E. Faubus: Out of Socialism into Realism; 9. Noblesse Oblige and Practical Politics: Winthrop Rockefeller and the Civil Rights Movement; 10. The Big Three of Late Twentieth-Century Arkansas Politics: Dale Bumpers, Bill Clinton, and David Pryor; 11. The Evolution of Judicial Selection in Arkansas: External and Internal Explanations of Change and Potential Future Directions; 12. A Practitioner's Guide to Arkansas's New Judicial Article
  • 13. The Natural State in a Time of Change: A Survey-Based Analysis of State Party Organizations in Arkansas, 1999-201314. The Arkansas State Budget Process: A Unique and Reliable Approach; Part III. Public Policy Conflicts in Arkansas Politics and Government; 15. "Dedicated People": Little Rock Central High School's Teachers during the Integration Crisis of 1957-1958; 16. Going Off the Deep End: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Desegregation of Little Rock's Public Swimming Pools; 17. A Crime Unfit to Be Named: Arkansas and Sodomy
  • 18. Keeping Hope Alive: A Case Study of the Continuing Argument for Ratification of the ERA19. Effects of Prohibition in Arkansas Counties; 20. Implementation of the Welfare-to-Work Program in Arkansas: The Importance of Inter-AgencyCommunication; 21. Making Progress?: Education Reform in Arkansas; Notes; Contributors; Index