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050 00 $aJK5216$b.T46 1998
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245 00 $aTennessee government and politics :$bdemocracy in the volunteer state /$cedited by John R. Vile and Mark Byrnes.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNashville, Tenn. :$bVanderbilt University Press,$c1998.
263 $a9806
300 $axx, 303 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-286) and index.
505 00 $tForeword /$rMichael Nelson --$tIntroduction /$rJohn R. Vile and Mark Byrnes --$gPt. I.$tFoundations.$g1.$tTennessee's Postbellum Political History: Voting Patterns and Party Identification /$rM. Lee Smith.$g2.$tThe Tennessee Constitution /$rLewis L. Laska --$gPt. II.$tInstitutions.$g3.$tThe Institutionalization of the Tennessee Legislature, 1968-1997 /$rThomas D. Ungs and Frank Essex.$g4.$tThe Governorship /$rDavid Carleton.$g5.$tThe Changing Court System /$rThomas R. Van Dervort.$g6.$tLocal Government and Politics /$rDavid W. Kanervo --$gPt. III.$tPolitics.$g7.$tTurnout and Partisanship in Tennessee Elections /$rLilliard E. Richardson, Jr. and Grant W. Neeley.$g8.$tWomen in Tennessee Politics /$rAnne Sloan.$g9.$tAfrican Americans in Tennessee: The Case of Memphis /$rMarcus D. Pohlmann.$g10.$tSpeaking for Tennessee in Washington /$rJim Cooper.$g11.$tTrends in Public Opinion, 1989-1996 /$rJohn M. Scheb II, William Lyons and Grant W. Neeley --$gPt. IV.$tPolicies.
505 80 $g12.$tEducation in the Volunteer State /$rNancy Keese and James Huffman.$g13.$tThe Tennessee Prison System: A Study of Evolving Public Policy in State Corrections /$rRichard D. Chesteen.$g14.$tFinances of Tennessee State Government /$rKelly D. Edmiston and Matthew N. Murray.$g15.$tState Policy, Global Economy: The Political Economy of Foreign Investment in Tennessee /$rSteven G. Livingston --$gApp.$tConstitution of the State of Tennessee.
520 $aTennessee Government and Politics offers a timely and comprehensive new survey of the state's political evolution. The book is divided into four sections that cover the state constitution, the three branches of state government, politics in Tennessee, and current issues of public policy. Individual chapters by leading experts cover such topics as the state's political history, the evolution of the state court system, local government and politics, electoral turnout, and women in politics.
520 8 $aFormer Representative Jim Cooper contributes a chapter on congressional representation, and current policy is discussed in chapters on education, prisons, and foreign investment. With its concise historical analysis, up-to-date presentation of contemporary issues, and appended state constitution, Tennessee Government and Politics will serve teachers, politicians, government workers, journalists, and interested citizens as an essential reference book.
651 0 $aTennessee$xPolitics and government.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85133876
700 1 $aVile, John R.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90703717
700 1 $aByrnes, Mark E.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93108870
852 00 $bleh$hJK5216$i.T46 1998