{"product_id":"wisconsin-politics-and-government-james-k-conant-9780803264564","title":"Wisconsin Politics and Government: America's Laboratory of Democracy","description":"Throughout the twentieth century, Wisconsin won national visibility and praise for its role as a \"laboratory of democracy\" within the American federal system. In \u003ci\u003eWisconsin Politics and Government\u003c\/i\u003e James K. Conant traces the development of the state and its Progressive heritage from the early territorial experience to contemporary times. Conant includes a discussion of the four major periods of institutional and policy innovation that occurred in Wisconsin during the twentieth century as well as an examination of the state's constitution, legislature, office of the governor, courts, political parties and elections, interest groups, social welfare policy, local governments, state-local relations, and current and emerging issues. Readers of \u003ci\u003eWisconsin Politics and Government\u003c\/i\u003e are likely to find a close correspondence between Wisconsin's social, economic, and political experience during the twentieth century and the essential democratic characteristics Alexis de Tocqueville describes in his classic work \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e. For example, Wisconsin's twentieth-century civil society was highly developed: its elected and administrative officials continuously sought to improve the state's political and administrative institutions, and they worked to enhance the economic and social conditions of the state's citizens. Other modern characteristics of the state's democratic experience include issue-oriented politics, government institutions operating free of scandal, and citizens turning out to vote in large numbers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James K. Conant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803264569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803264564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.10w x 0.91d","brand":"James K. Conant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947204018431,"sku":"9780803264564","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6bc253b6-04c2-4aa5-af8e-16316df4da00.jpg?v=1681517340","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wisconsin-politics-and-government-james-k-conant-9780803264564","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}