Current Events

Announcing:

PERSPECTIVES ON MINNESOTA
GOVERNMENT AND POLICY
5th Edition

Editors:
Steven M. Hoffman
Homer Williamson
Kay Wolsborn

Available for Review
May, 2003

ISBN 0-536-73045-8.
Price: $40.00.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction to Volume

Section I: The Changing Face of Minnesota
Steve Hoffman, Section Editor

Minnesota: A Decade of Demographic Change Caroline Shrewsbury
The Evolving Political Culture of Minnesota James Danielson

Section II: Input Channels
Homer Williamson, Section Editor

New Directions in Public Opinion Steve Frank
The “State” of Political Participation Michelle Kukoleca-
Hammes
Media and Minnesota Politics Karen Boros
See Jane Run: The Minnesota Women’s Angela High-Pippert
Campaign Fund
Changes in Campaign Finance Patrick Donnay

Section III: Decisionmaking Institutions
Kay Wolsborn, Section Editor

Changing Patterns of Party Competition Craig Grau
New Directions in Gubernatorial Style Homer Williamson
The Judiciary: Courts, Politics and Policy Steve Hatting

Section IV: Public Policy
Steve Hoffman, Section Editor

Minnesota’s Electrical Future: Steve Hoffman
Debates and Strategies
Ya Don’t Have to Get Snippy About It: Richard Keiser
Sports Stadium Politics in Minnesota
Minnesota and the Global Economy: Karen Vogel
Connecting Global and Local in the
21st Century
Education in Minnesota Robert Brown and
Thomas Fish
List of Contributors

Index