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Politics in Minnesota
- Title
- Politics in Minnesota [by] G. Theodore Mitau.
- Author
- Mitau, G. Theodore.
- Publication
- Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press [1970]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | JK6116 .M5 1970 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 176 pages illustrations, maps; 22 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 163-165.
- Contents
- Foreword to the first edition / William Anderson -- 1. Party patterns, issues and leaders ; Republican hegemony, 1858-1904 ; A democratic interlude, 1904-1910 ; Republican progressivism and farmer-labor protest, 1910-1930 ; The Farmer-Labor party in office, 1931-1939 ; Republican resurgence, 1939-1955 ; Three terms under the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party, 1954-1960 ; A Republican governor's chair, 1960-1963 ; A DFL divided against itself, 1963-1966 ; Republic return to power in 1967 ; Minnesota's presidential candidates, 1968 -- 2. Election law and party organization. Who may vote in Minnesota? ; Who may be a candidate for public office ; Filing for office and the preparation of ballots ; Primary and general elections ; Elections and the counting of votes ; Fair campaign practices laws ; Parties and party organizations ; Precinct caucus and county, district, and state conventions ; State central and executive committees ; Special projects and party finance ; State-national party links -- 3. A nonpartisan partisan legislature. Legislators and legislative organizations ; Contrasts in the caucuses ; The political parties and the caucuses ; The case against party designation ; Arguments for party designation of the legislature ; The reapportionment struggle ; Some basic governmental and political issues, pending and future -- 4. Lobbies before the legislature. The how and why of lobbies ; Good and bad lobbies ; The Minnesota League of Women Voters ; The Minnesota Association of Commerce and Industry ; The Minnesota AFL-CIO federation of labor ; The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation ; The Minnesota Farmers Union ; The Minnesota Education Association ; Some of the other lobbies ; Conflicts of interest ; -- Supplementary materials. Minnesota's delegates to the nation ; Governors of the State ; Voting statistics -- A Note on sources and further readings.
- ISBN
- 0816605599
- 9780816605590
- LCCN
- 78110660
- OCLC
- ocm00588583
- 588583
- SCSB-769871
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library