Nebraska Government and Politics

Robert Blair, Christian L. Janousek, Jerome Deichert (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2025 | Second Edition
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-0-8032-3049-1 (ISBN)

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Nebraska Government and Politics offers an in-depth examination of the connection between the political culture, traditions, and heritage of Nebraska and its governmental institutions. This new edition discusses federalism, constitutionalism, and the continuing American frontier, paying special attention to the effects and frameworks of Nebraska’s political culture. The contributors emphasize enduring trends and issues through Nebraska’s history as they examine the cultural foundations of the state’s political institutions, the major governmental structures in the state, and the political and administrative relationships at play. The chapters cover periodic populism, the state constitution, nonpartisanship and direct democracy, budgeting and financial policies, the unicameral, the executive branch, local government, political culture, and capital punishment.

Robert Blair, Christian L. Janousek, and Jerome Deichert provide a long view of Nebraska, a state whose unique political culture is reflected in its institutions.

Robert Blair is professor emeritus in the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Christian L. Janousek is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Creighton University. Jerome Deichert is director emeritus for the Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Robert Blair, Christian L. Janousek, and Jerome Deichert
Part 1. Culture and Institutions
1. Nebraska’s Political Culture: Periodic Populism
Robert Blair, Christian L. Janousek, and Jerome Deichert
2. The Character of Nebraska: A People in Transition
Jerome Deichert, Christian L. Janousek, and Robert Blair
3. The Nebraska State Constitution: A Serviceable Document
Robert D. Miewald, Anthony Schutz, and Peter Longo
4. Political Parties and Voting: Nonpartisanship and Direct Democracy
Diane L. Duffin
Part 2. Government and Administration
5. The Nebraska State Budget: Process, Politics, Priorities
James Harrold and Carol Ebdon
6. The Unicameral Legislature: Uniquely Nebraska
Christian L. Janousek, Jerome Deichert, and Robert Blair
7. The Executive Branch: Efficiency versus Responsiveness
Robert Blair, Christan L. Janousek, and Jerome Deichert
8. Nebraska Local Government: A Reflection of Its Political Culture
Christian L. Janousek, Robert Blair, and Jerome Deichert
9. Tax and Fiscal Policy: The Price of Local Control
John Bartle
10. The Controversy over Capital Punishment: A Case Study of Political Culture
Christian L. Janousek
Appendix: The Nebraska Judiciary
Christian L. Janousek
Suggestions for Further Reading
Contributors
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.02.2025
Reihe/Serie	Politics and Governments of the American States
Zusatzinfo	10 tables, 3 charts, 16 graphs, 1 appendix, index
Verlagsort	Lincoln
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-8032-3049-4 / 0803230494
ISBN-13	978-0-8032-3049-1 / 9780803230491
Zustand	Neuware