Reveals how conservatism became the preferred national political ideology, exploring the origins of this philosophy in the upper classes and tracing its recent popularity within the middle class.

Product Description: From 1974 to 1991, while the national inflation rate edged just over 100%, state government spending in Kansas grew a phenomenal 411%. During the same period, the state's federal revenue share declined from 23.9% to 19.1%. As a consequence, the average Kansas taxpayers have seen their yearly state and local tax bills increase from an average of $530 in 1974 to $1,676 in 1991...read more

Product Description: Year after year, in state after state, the end-of-session crunch sets in as legislatures wade through dozens of bills within a few days or, on occasion, a few hours. This legislative logjam, says Burdett Loomis, is one very public manifestation of a hidden but crucial element within the policy making process timing...read more

Product Description: This is the first book-length study of the constitution of the state of Kansas. Following the pattern of earlier volumes in Greenwood's State Constitution Series, Professor Heller relates and analyzes the basic law of Kansas, gives the full text of the constitution with an article-by-article and section-by-section commentary, and provides a bibliographical essay and a table of cases, along with a general index...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)