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The politics of minor concerns : American Indian policy and Congressional dynamics / by Charles C. Turner.
- Title
- The politics of minor concerns : American Indian policy and Congressional dynamics / by Charles C. Turner.
- Author
- Turner, Charles C.
- Publication
- Lanham, MD : University Press of America, c2005.
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Details
- Description
- 156 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The Politics of Minor Concerns lies at the intersection of scholarship on Congressional behavior and studies of American Indian politics. The text argues that the conventional wisdom in each of these fields offers inadequate explanations for Congressional action on American Indian legislation. This book challenges assumptions of bipartisanship and reelection concern by demonstrating that the pattern of congressional legislation in Indian policy has been influenced by party politics and that legislators treat this policy arena as a "minor concern" most of the time. This work will be of interest to scholars, students, and anyone interested in American Indians, Congress, Political Minorities, or Public Policy."--Jacket.
- Alternative Title
- American Indian policy and Congressional dynamics
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-154) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- American Indians as a minor concern -- Congressional action and American Indian politics in context -- Salience and minor legislation within the larger congressional arena -- Risky business : individual legislators and minor legislation -- Unpopular Assignments : congressional committees and American Indian legislation -- Rhetorical bipartisanship : party platforms and American Indian politics -- Of parties and politics : the past and future of American Indian legislation -- Appendix A : American Indian population by state -- Appendix B : committees with jurisdiction over American Indian affairs -- Appendix C : American Indian interest groups -- Appendix D : American Indian population : a note on method.
- ISBN
- 0761831991
- LCCN
- ^^2005927676
- OCLC
- 62173673
- SCSB-12307535
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library