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Arizona has become a swing state in recent national elections, the source of controversial policies and policy proposals, and the home of well-known political personalities. In this new edition of Arizona Politics and Government, David R. Berman examines contemporary issues in a broad historical, comparative, and theoretical context to identify the mixture of ideas, activities, and events that have helped shape the essential character of the Arizona polity.
Beginning with an overview of continuities and changes in Arizona politics, Berman then discusses more specific topics such as immigration and water issues, cultural wars, political extremism, voting rights, and political reform, as well as intergovernmental relations, judicial elections, the place of rural Arizona and organized labor in state politics, and the state's treatment of Natives, Mexican Americans, and African Americans. Above all Berman considers the values, beliefs, and behavioral patterns reflected in the state's political life that have fueled Arizonans' quests for autonomy, democracy, and development.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Describing Arizona
2. Constitutional Foundations
3. Changing Regimes
4. Republican Ascendency, Reform, and Turmoil
5. Interests and Influence
6. The Fearful, Angry, Extremist Streak
7. What Happened to Labor?
8. What Happened to Rural Arizona?
9. The Legislature
10. Gubernatorial Leadership
11. Budgeting, Taxing, Spending
12. The Feds
13. State and Local Tensions
14. On the Local and Tribal Turfs
15. The Direct Democracy Experiment
16. The Battle for Voting Rights
17. Who Should Be Elected?
18. Reforming the Election System
19. Minorities
20. Crossing the Southern Border
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
