Constitutional Politics in the States Contemporary Controversies and Historical Patterns

Subjects:

• Political Science » American Politics/Government
• Law » Constitutional Law
• Political Science » State & Local Politics

Reviews:

• This book is a welcome addition to a thin literature.
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  American Political Science Review

Table of Contents:

• Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Patterns in State Constitutional Politics
• State Constitutional Politics: An Historical Perspective by G. Alan Tarr
• Patterns in the Amending of American State Constitutions by Donald S. Lutz
• Constitutional Amendment Through the Legislature in New York by Gerald Benjamin and Melissa Cusa
• Case Studies: Campaigns for Constitutional Change
• Creating a State Constitutional Right to Privacy: Unlikely Alliances, Uncertain Results by Rebecca Mae Salokar
• The Politics of Term Limitations by John David Rausch, Jr.
• Crime as a Boogeyman: Why Californians Changed Their Constitution to Include a "Victims' Bill of Rights" (And What It Really Did) by Candace McCoy
• Case Studies: The Consequences of Constitutional Change
• California's Constitutional Counterrevolution by Barry Latzer
• School Finance and Inequality in New Jersey by Russell S. Harrison and G. Alan Tarr
• Bibliographic Essay
• Index