Penny M. Miller takes a comprehensive approach to Kentucky politics
and government. She uses the details of the state's political
institutions and processes, its policy issues, and its place in
national politics to demonstrate the tension between Kentucky's
forces of change and its inertia. Since the Civil War, geographic,
economic, and cultural factional divisions have dominated the
struggle for progress in the Bluegrass state.
Yet Kentucky is in a state of change, and its political
institutions have undergone significant transformations in the last
few decades. Miller points out that the state's judicial system,
long one of the nation's least-altered, has recently become one of
its most innovative; the educational system has undergone radical
legislative reformation, trying to escape its near last-place
national ranking. The legislative branch has gained more
independence and autonomy, and its relationship to the executive
branch has experienced an enormous readjustment. The state has
emerged from its past stereotypes of bourbon, fast horses, burley
tobacco, and coal mines. Some things endure, though--political
corruption, voter apathy, and an aged constitution. This book, the
only comprehensive study of politics and government in Kentucky,
illuminates contemporary problems within their historical context
and suggests how the state's institutions, policies, politics, and
people will formulate the future of Kentucky.
General
Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Politics and Governments of the American States |
Release date: |
1994 |
First published: |
1994 |
Authors: |
Penny M. Miller
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade / Trade
|
Pages: |
469 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8032-8206-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
0-8032-8206-0 |
Barcode: |
9780803282063 |
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