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Pivotal Policies in Delaware - From Desegregation to Deregulation (Hardcover)
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Pivotal Policies in Delaware - From Desegregation to Deregulation (Hardcover)
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This book identifies ten pivotal policies in Delaware that still
impact public life in this small state. Much that has happened
since the mid-twentieth century in Delaware public policy evolved
from particular events. These events consisted of court decisions,
laws passed, or incidents that happened to particular persons. They
prompted public policies, the effects of which were not clearly
understood, that were often counter to what was anticipated, had
undesirable side effects, or were inadequate to deal with the
problems encountered. This chronicle begins in 1954 when the U.S.
Supreme Court confronted racially segregated Delaware with the
necessity to desegregate its public schools " with all deliberate
speed." Chapter 2 evolves from 1964, when the Supreme Court
ordained by virtue of its "one-person-one-vote" decision that
states end over-representation of rural voters in their state
legislatures. Chapter 3 turns to the 1968 assassination of Martin
Luther King followed by the Delaware National Guards occupation of
Wilmington for over nine months. Chapter 4 focuses on the 1970
establishment of the cabinet system in Delaware's state government.
Chapter 5 concentrates on the 1971 enactment to protect Delaware's
coastal zone, and its aftermath. Chapter 6 records 1977 as a
turning point for Delaware's response to increasing crime by option
for increasing punishment in place of rehabilitating prisoners.
Chapter 7 highlights how the General Assembly's over-ride of the
1978 budget evoked consensus and bipartisan politics . Chapter 8
focuses on the newly ensconced pro-business climate, illustrated in
1951 by the Financial Center Development Act that deregulated
credit card banking. Chapter 9 tells that story of how Delaware
sought to confront its high cancer rate, beginning with the 1990
report of the Governor's advisory council. Chapter 10 concentrates
on Delaware's troubled efforts to develop energy policies,
beginning with the 1999 legislation deregulating electric power.
The book's Afterword broadly assesses how these major policy
developments have effected systemic institutional change in how
Delaware is governed."
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