Oklahoma Politics and Policies

by Morgan, David R.; England, Robert E.; Humphreys, George G.; Henry, Robert H.

• ISBN13: 9780803281363
• ISBN10: 0803281366
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

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 ofOklahoma Politics and Policiescontend that Oklahoma is a paradoxa state struggling for a clear sense of identity where the old and new vie for the allegiance of its citizens. 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.

Author Biography

David R. Morgan is a professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma and the author of Managing Urban America (1979) and, with others, The Oklahoma Voter (1977). Robert E. England is a professor of political science at Oklahoma State University; he is a coauthor of Race, Class, and Education: The Politics of Second Generation Discrimination (1989). George O. Humphreys, research director of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, is the author of Taylorism in France, 1904–1920: The Impact of Scientific Management on Factory Relations and Society (1986).

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Series preface	p. xv
Series Introduction	p. xvii
Preface	p. xxvii
Oklahoma in the Federal System	p. 20
History and Culture	p. 33
Territorial History Indian Republics Through The Twin Territories	p. 35
Frontier Oklahoma to A Global Economy	p. 48
The Constitutional And Institutional Framework	p. 63
The Oklahoma Constitution	p. 65
The Oklahoma Legislature	p. 80
The Governor and The Administration	p. 100
The Judicial System	p. 117
political participation, parties And Interest Groups	p. 133
Financing Government In Oklahoma	p. 154
Contemporary policy Concerns	p. 167
Local Government In Oklahoma	p. 185
Studying Oklahoma Govern­ Ment and politics	p. 205
Continuing Traditions And Emerging patterns	p. 207
Studying Oklahoma politics A Guide to Resources	p. 216
Notes	p. 229
Index	p. 253
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