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Prior to the publication of Kansas Politics and Government, there was no essential book on Kansas politics, policy-making, and institutions. Now there is. It\u27s as simple as that. Anyone who wants to understand the Sunflower State\u27s politics should start here. Most prosaically, this is one more in the Nebraska Press\u27s ambitious series of single-state studies. But Ed Flentje and Joe Aistrup (disclaimer: I write a column for Kansas papers in rotation with them and two other political scientists) have done more than cover the breadth of the state\u27s politics. In their emphasis on political cultures, they provide an effective way to think about Kansas politics and government over almost 150 years of statehood

Fiction, Facts, and Truth: The Personal Lives of Political Figures

In the wealth of research on politics and politicians over the past fifty or so years, little attention has been accorded the relationships between the personal and the public sides of politicians' lives. Given the difficulties of collecting data, this absence is unsurprising. But that does not mean the personal-political linkage is unimportant, and one way to address this subject may be to draw upon political fiction, both to gain insights and to suggest avenues of inquiry. And within political fiction, the best source, at least for American politics, likely includes the works of veteran novelist Ward Just

Review of \u3ci\u3eKansas Politics and Government: The Clash of Political Cultures\u3c/i\u3e. By H. Edward Flentje and Joseph A. Aistrup.

Prior to the publication of Kansas Politics and Government, there was no essential book on Kansas politics, policy-making, and institutions. Now there is. It\u27s as simple as that. Anyone who wants to understand the Sunflower State\u27s politics should start here. Most prosaically, this is one more in the Nebraska Press\u27s ambitious series of single-state studies. But Ed Flentje and Joe Aistrup (disclaimer: I write a column for Kansas papers in rotation with them and two other political scientists) have done more than cover the breadth of the state\u27s politics. In their emphasis on political cultures, they provide an effective way to think about Kansas politics and government over almost 150 years of statehood

American politics: classic and contemporary readings

xviii+511hlm.;23c

American politics: classic and contemporery readings/ Cigler

xviii, 678 hal.; 23 cm