Author: Victor Emmanuel HarlowPublisher:
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Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Makers of Government in Oklahoma
Author: Victor Emmanuel HarlowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Makers of Government in Oklahoma
Author: Elements of Government
Author: John AlleyOklahoma Politics & Policies
Author: David R. MorganPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803281363
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Oklahoma is a plains state exemplifying the Middle American virtues of family, lodge, and church; a southern state in the path of the power shift from the indus-trial East to the energy-rich sunbelt; a western state of modern cowboys and rodeos. Small wonder its political culture is so varied. The authors of Oklahoma Politics and Policies contend that Oklahoma is a paradox?a state struggling for a clear sense of identity where the old and new vie for the allegiance of its citizens. ΓΈ David R. Morgan, Robert E. England, and George O. Humphreys examine the history of Oklahoma and the place of Native Americans in this former Indian Territory; the state's links to the federal government; its executive, legislative, and judicial systems; political parties and interest groups; local government; and the current policy issues that confront its citizens. They assess the attempts of Oklahomans to revive their economy. The 1990s will be bright, the authors sug-gest, if Oklahomans can put aside internal conflicts and the politics of negativism in approaching economic and social problems more pragmatically.
An Introduction to the Government of Oklahoma
Author: Cortez Arthur Milton EwingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Governor's Messages to the ... Legislature of the State of Oklahoma
Author: Oklahoma. GovernorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Oklahoma Politics
Author: James R. ScalesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780806146225
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is the only published history focused on government in the Sooner State. Beginning with the elections of the territorial era, the authors narrate a definitive account of state politics through the early 1960s. A final chapter traces the contours of contemporary public affairs, identifying the chief elements that shape today's politics. Every major election in the state's history is included in the book, as well as biographical sketches of the state's foremost political figures. Further, the authors relate the recurrent controversies of the statehouse, where gubernatorial initiatives have often clashed with legislative ambitions. Appropriate attention is also given to the state's role in national affairs. Although comprehensive in scope, Oklahoma Politics is more than a compendium of political data. The authors view the history of the commonwealth as something of a model for understanding the evolution of state politics in general during this century. Oklahoma fits that purpose ideally. Born amid the Progressive reformation of traditional state government, the state has been host to every major subsequent force in American state politics. Grassroots agrarian radicalism, a potent Ku Klux Klan, the turmoil of the Great Depression, the post-World War II revolution in the federal relationship, the emergence of modern Republican conservatism--all these have made Oklahoma a laboratory of political change. Aware of the scholarly literature of political scientists and historians of other states, the authors have incorporated many of their findings to develop a new perspective from which to view Oklahoma's political history. Yet the color and excitement of state politics have not been lost in this careful analysis of how the system has evolved. The result is a book that speaks to those Oklahomans--indeed, those Americans--who seek to understand how state politics works or, on occasion, why it does not.
The Government of Oklahoma
Author: Hurschel Vern ThorntonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Town Government in Oklahoma
Author: University of Oklahoma. Extension DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Oklahoma's Governors, 1890-1907
Author: LeRoy Henry FischerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
"Covering the administrations of the nine men who occupied the territorial governor's office, this book is an in depth examination of the birth and growth of Oklahoma Territory and its executive leadership."--From publisher description.