Nevada politics & government : conservatism in an open society
Nevada's highly individualistic political culture has produced a conservative political philosophy in an open society. Economic developments resulting from mining and gambling reinforced and heightened the individualistic ethic that many early settlers brought to the frontier state. This ethic is also evident in the opposition of most Nevadans to big government, big labor, and big business
Print Book, English, ©1996
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, ©1996
xxviii, 235 pages ; 24 cm.
9780803217034, 9780803266049, 080321703X, 0803266049
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1. The Character and Political Culture of the State
2. Nevada in the Federal System
3. Political History: The Early Years
4. Political History: The Twentieth Century
5. The Nevada Constitution and Popular Control
6. The Legislature
7. The Governor and the Executive Branch
8. The State Bureaucracy
9. The Court System
10. Political Parties, Elections, and Interest Groups
11. Budgeting and Taxation
12. Local Governments: Powers and Politics
13. Public Policy Issues: Education and Hospital Cost Containment
14. Concluding Observations