| Nevada Politics and Government: Conservatism in an Open Society Contributor(s): Goodall, Leonard E. (Author), Driggs, Don W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803266049 ISBN-13: 9780803266049 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: The book discusses the important roles played by Nevada's present U.S. senators in two of the state's ongoing controversies with the federal government: the longstanding water rights dispute between Native Americans, backed by the federal government, and Nevada's ranchers; and the decade-long fight against the establishment of the nation's first permanent nuclear waste depository at Yucca Mountain. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science | American Government - State |
| Dewey: 306.209 |
| LCCN: 95-43756 |
| Lexile Measure: 1490 |
| Series: Politics and Governments of the American States |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.99" W x 8.81" (0.82 lbs) 235 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Nevada |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nevada's highly individualistic political culture has produced a conservative political philosophy in an open society. Economic developments resulting from mining and gambling reinforced and heightened the individualistic ethic that many early settlers brought to the frontier state. This ethic is also evident in the opposition of most Nevadans to big government, big labor, and big business. Belief in limited government partially explains the apparent anomaly of the electorate's backing a pro-choice position on abortion while opposing the Equal Rights Amendment. The book discusses the important roles played by Nevada's present U.S. senators in two of the state's ongoing controversies with the federal government: the longstanding water rights dispute between Native Americans, backed by the federal government, and Nevada's ranchers; and the decade-long fight against the establishment of the nation's first permanent nuclear waste depository at Yucca Mountain. |