Download or read book Alaska Politics and Public Policy written by Clive S. Thomas and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 1241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics in Alaska have changed significantly since the last major book on the subject was published more than twenty years ago, with the rise and fall of Sarah Palin and the rise and fall of oil prices being but two of the many developments to alter the political landscape. This book, the most comprehensive on the subject to date, focuses on the question of how beliefs, institutions, personalities, and power interact to shape Alaska politics and public policy. Drawing on these interactions, the contributors explain how and why certain issues get dealt with successfully and others unsuccessfully, and why some issues are taken up quickly while others are not addressed at all. This comprehensive guide to the political climate of Alaska will be essential to anyone studying the politics of America’s largest—and in some ways most unusual—state.
Download or read book Alaska Politics Government written by Gerald A. McBeath and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Alaska's character and the forces shaping it. Underlying their descriptions are the themes of independence, dependence, and the search for sustainable economic development.
Download or read book Alaska Politics and Public Policy written by Clive S. Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-21 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, more than two dozen of the most prominent scholars and community leaders in Alaska have come together to offer a comprehensive look into Alaska’s politics and public policy. This volume offers a complete reevaluation of the key past and present issues in Alaska politics and government—and a forecast of issues on the horizon. A one-volume primer on Alaska affairs in a readable and accessible format, Alaska Politics and Public Policy provides public officials, business leaders, students, and the general public with the foundation they need to begin to understand the forty-ninth state.
Download or read book Sarah written by Kaylene Johnson and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Sarah Palin, Alaska's first elected female governor, describing her childhood and family life, and sharing highlights of her political career, which began in the early 1990's when she was elected to the city council of Wasilla.
Download or read book Alaska Public Policy Issues written by Clive S. Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unlikely Liberal written by Matthew Zencey and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How much do you really know about former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin? The revelations in Matthew ZenceyÆs account of her tenure will surprise you. Although Palin is widely seen as a conservative social ideologue, her political career in Alaska was marked by a progressive approach that is at odds with her current right-wing Republican identity. A self-described red-meat conservative, the partisan ôpit bull with lipstickö had been a bipartisan, pragmatic, and surprisingly progressive governor who raised taxes on Big Oil and distributed oil revenue to every Alaskan. She also rankled her social-conservative supporters by vetoing an antiûgay rights measure and placing a pro-choice woman on the Alaskan Supreme Court. But her mishandling of accusations of ethics violations made her politically vulnerable at home, and her foray into the partisan brawling of national politics broke apart her bipartisan governing coalition in AlaskaÆs capital. After her failed 2008 bid for the vice presidency, Palin spent one more legislative session trying to run a big-government state while maintaining her national stature as a small-government conservative, but it was politically untenable. With no hope of achieving any major political accomplishments, plus a growing strain on her family life, huge legal bills, and a large book advance in hand, she resigned. Zencey, an editor at the Anchorage Daily News during PalinÆs tenure, shows how the Sarah Palin who was so popular in Alaska is starkly different from the Sarah Palin who is now so popular with the Tea Party.
Download or read book Press Clippings Etc Concerning Politics and Government in Alaska written by Alaska. Office of the Governor and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Lobby Alaska State Government written by Clive S. Thomas and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lobbying is about getting the right message to the right people in the right form at the right time. Even the most persuasive arguments or most influential groups will come up short if they aren’t combined with personal connections and an understanding of human nature. How to Lobby Alaska State Government is a guide to the essentials of organizing and implementing a lobbying campaign in Alaska that recognizes how you lobby is as important as who you lobby. This book starts by helping new lobbyists to think politically, by explaining the structure and operation of state government, the psychology and needs of public officials, and where the power lies in Juneau—who’s got political clout. How to Lobby then moves into the nitty-gritty of a lobbying campaign. It covers the basics of group influence, campaign planning and management, the pros and cons of various group tactics, tips on face-to-face meetings, and the challenges of lobbying day-to-day. In addition to extensive guidance on what to do, this book also emphasizes the things to avoid that will undermine or eliminate a lobbyist’s chances of success. Pragmatic and portable, this book will be valuable to new and professional lobbyists both, and anyone looking for fresh perspectives on this important business.
Download or read book The Alaska Pipeline written by Mary Clay Berry and published by Bloomington : Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the native claims settlement act and the legislation that authorized the trans-Alaska pipeline.
Download or read book Politics and Government in Alaska s Past written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alaska in the Progressive Age written by Thomas Alton and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growth of modern-day Alaska began with the Klondike gold discovery in 1896. Over the course of the next two decades, as prospectors, pioneers, and settlers rushed in, Alaska developed its agricultural and mineral resources, birthed a structure of highway and railroad transportation, and founded the Alaska cities we know today. All this activity occurred alongside the Progressive Age in American politics. It was a time of widespread reform, as Progressive politicians took on the powerful business trusts and enacted sweeping reforms to protect workers and consumers. Alaska in the Progressive Age looks at how this national movement affected the Alaska territory. Though the reigning view is that Alaska was neglected and even abused by the federal government, Alton argues that from 1896 to 1916 the territory benefitted richly in the age of Progressive Democracy. As the population of Alaska grew, Congress responded to the needs of the nation’s northern possession, giving the territory a delegate to Congress, a locally elected legislature, and ultimately in 1914, the federally funded Alaska Railroad. Much has been written about the development of modern-day Alaska, especially in terms of the Gold Rush and the origins of the Alaska Railroad. But this is the first history to put this era in the context of Progressive Age American politics. This unexplored look at how Progressivism reached the furthest corners of the United States is an especially timely book as the Progressive Movement shows signs of affecting Alaska again.
Download or read book Crude Awakening written by Amanda Coyne and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of the Alaskan oil industry, revealing political corruption, the FBI's investigation, and how these events will influence American politics.
Download or read book Alaska Statehood written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (85) S. 49, (85) S. 35.
Download or read book Frigid Embrace written by Stephen W. Haycox and published by Culture and Environment in the. This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haycox (history, U. of Alaska, Anchorage) presents historical commentary on human culture in Alaska and how it has affected the natural environment there. He contends that most non-Native Alaskans (now 85% of the population) went there for the money, not because they loved the wilderness. The focus is on tensions between Native and non- Native people and between settlers and environmental protection.
Download or read book The Constitutional Status and Government of Alaska written by George Washington Spicer and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johns Hopkins University Studies In Historical And Political Science, Series 45, No. 4.
Download or read book Of Bears and Ballots written by Heather Lende and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book will inspire people to work with and for their neighbors in all kinds of ways!” —Bill McKibben, author of Falter Heather Lende was one of the thousands of women inspired to take an active role in politics during the past few years. Though her entire campaign for assembly member in Haines, Alaska, cost less than $1,000, she won! And tiny, breathtakingly beautiful Haines isn’t the sleepy town it appears to be. Yes, the assembly must stop bears from rifling through garbage on Main Street, but there is also a bitter debate about the fishing boat harbor and a vicious recall campaign that targets three assembly members, including Lende. In Of Bears and Ballots we witness the nitty-gritty of passing legislation, the lofty ideals of our republic, and the way our national politics play out in one small town. With her entertaining cast of offbeat but relatable characters, the writer whom the Los Angeles Times calls “part Annie Dillard, part Anne Lamott” brings us an inspirational tale about what living in a community really means, and what we owe one another.
Download or read book Alaska State Government and Politics written by Gerald A. McBeath and published by Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensively describes Alaska state government and politics giving details on authorities, organizations and functions of state government and on the people and events that put life into government operations. Discusses private forces which influence government, including the press, public opinion and interest groups.
