Oregon Politics And Government

Author : Richard A. Clucas,Mark Henkels,Brent Steel
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780803264366

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Oregon Politics and Government by Richard A. Clucas,Mark Henkels,Brent Steel Pdf

The political culture of Oregon has long had a reputation for innovative policy, maverick politicians, and independent political thought, but instead of using the term ?progressive? to describe the state?s political leanings, the editors of Oregon Politics and Government believe a more accurate descriptor would be ?schizophrenic.? Oregon Politics and Government provides not only an overview of the state?s politics and government; it also explains how the divide between progressives and conservative populists defines Oregon politics today. ø Early in the state?s history, reformers championed many causes: the initiative and referendum process for setting public policy, the recall of public officials, the direct election of U.S. senators, and women?s suffrage. Since then, the state has asserted control over beaches, imposed strict land-use laws, created an innovative regional government, introduced voting through the mail, allowed for physician-assisted suicide, and experimented with universal healthcare. Despite this list of accomplishments, however, Oregon is divided between two competing visions: one that is tied to progressive politics and another that is committed to conservative populism. While the progressive side supports a strong and active government, the conservative populist side seeks a smaller government, lower taxes, fewer restrictions on private property, and protection for traditional social values. The struggle between these two forces drives Oregon politics and policies today.

Author : Richard A. Clucas,Mark Henkels,Priscilla L. Southwell,Edward P. Weber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 087071953X

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Governing Oregon by Richard A. Clucas,Mark Henkels,Priscilla L. Southwell,Edward P. Weber Pdf

Governing Oregon presents a broad and comprehensive picture of Oregon government and politics as we approach the start of the third decade of the twenty-first century, shedding light on the profound changes that have remade Oregon politics in recent years. The book also seeks to make it clear that much has also remained the same. The editors of this collection have relied upon leading scholars from six different Oregon universities, current and former state leaders in Oregon's executive and judicial branches, and individuals involved in tribal government and policymaking to tell the ongoing story of government in Oregon.

Author : Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Oregon
ISBN : UOM:39015078317495

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Oregon Blue Book by Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State Pdf

Author : James Henry Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Northwest boundary of the United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011976243

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Brown's Political History of Oregon ... by James Henry Brown Pdf

Author : Robert Bartlett Harmon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Local government
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035886220

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Government and Politics in Oregon by Robert Bartlett Harmon Pdf

Author : Peter A. Walker,Patrick T. Hurley
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816528837

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Planning Paradise by Peter A. Walker,Patrick T. Hurley Pdf

“Sprawl” is one of the ugliest words in the American political lexicon. Virtually no one wants America’s rural landscapes, farmland, and natural areas to be lost to bland, placeless malls, freeways, and subdivisions. Yet few of America’s fast-growing rural areas have effective rules to limit or contain sprawl. Oregon is one of the nation’s most celebrated exceptions. In the early 1970s Oregon established the nation’s first and only comprehensive statewide system of land-use planning and largely succeeded in confining residential and commercial growth to urban areas while preserving the state’s rural farmland, forests, and natural areas. Despite repeated political attacks, the state’s planning system remained essentially politically unscathed for three decades. In the early- and mid-2000s, however, the Oregon public appeared disenchanted, voting repeatedly in favor of statewide ballot initiatives that undermined the ability of the state to regulate growth. One of America’s most celebrated “success stories” in the war against sprawl appeared to crumble, inspiring property rights activists in numerous other western states to launch copycat ballot initiatives against land-use regulation. This is the first book to tell the story of Oregon’s unique land-use planning system from its rise in the early 1970s to its near-death experience in the first decade of the 2000s. Using participant observation and extensive original interviews with key figures on both sides of the state’s land use wars past and present, this book examines the question of how and why a planning system that was once the nation’s most visible and successful example of a comprehensive regulatory approach to preventing runaway sprawl nearly collapsed. Planning Paradise is tough love for Oregon planning. While admiring much of what the state’s planning system has accomplished, Walker and Hurley believe that scholars, professionals, activists, and citizens engaged in the battle against sprawl would be well advised to think long and deeply about the lessons that the recent struggles of one of America’s most celebrated planning systems may hold for the future of land-use planning in Oregon and beyond.

Author : Tom Marsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:31951D03206661F

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To the Promised Land by Tom Marsh Pdf

The first comprehensive political history of Oregon, To the Promised Land also examines the social and economic changes the state has pioneered during its almost two hundred years. Highlighting major political figures, campaigns, ballot measures, and the history of legislative sessions, Tom Marsh traces the evolution of Oregon from incorporated territory to a state at the forefront of national environmental and social movements. From Jason Lee's first letter urging Congress to take possession of the Oregon Country to John Kitzhaber's precedent-setting third term as governor, from the land frauds of the early 20th century to the state's land-use planning goals, from the Beach Bill to the Bottle Bill, this book tells Oregon's story. Featuring interesting trivia, historical photographs, and biographical sketches of key politicians, To the Promised Land is an essential volume for readers interested in Oregon's history.

Author : H. Edward Flentje,Joseph A. Aistrup
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780803220287

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Kansas Politics and Government by H. Edward Flentje,Joseph A. Aistrup Pdf

The rich history of Kansas politics continues to generate an abundant literature. The state?s beginning as ?Bleeding Kansas? followed by Prohibition, populism, the Progressive Era, and the Dust Bowl, through to the present day, have given local and national writers and scholars an intriguing topic for exploration. While historians and biographers shed light on pieces of this history, journalists focus on current political affairs in the state. Rarely, however, are past and present connected to fully illuminate an understanding of Kansas politics and government. ø This volume uses the prism of political cultures to interpret Kansas politics and disclose the intimate connections between the state?s past and its current politics. The framework of political cultures evolves from underlying political preferences for liberty, order, and equality, and these preferences form the basis for the active political cultures of individualism, hierarchy, and egalitarianism. This comprehensive examination of Kansas political institutions argues that Kansas politics, historically and presently, may best be understood as a clash of political cultures.

Author : Floyd J. McKay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015046509207

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An Editor for Oregon by Floyd J. McKay Pdf

In chronicling the life of Oregon governor and newspaper editor Charles A. Sprague, Floyd McKay guides readers through the politics and journalism of twentieth-century Oregon. Newspaperman Charles Sprague, a progressive Republican, had lived in Oregon for only thirteen years when he became the surprise victor of the 1938 gubernatorial race. Although a capable governor, Sprague gained greater prominence during his forty-year tenure as editor and publisher of The Oregon Statesman in Salem. It was to Sprague's daily front-page column, It Seems To Me, that Oregon politicians looked for advice, and the column was required reading for other editors as they shaped a moderate Republican image for postwar Oregon. McKay examines the influence of Sprague's involvement in the Progressive politics of Theodore Roosevelt, his return to Republican orthodoxy, and his later emergence as a spokesman for liberal positions on race and justice, an evolution shaped by his governorship and service at the United Nations. Sprague's decisions - and later atonements - concerning ultra-patriotism in World War I and internment of Japanese Americans in World War II reveal an editor and governor torn by issues of his day.

Author : Frederick Merk
Publisher : Belknap Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4470756

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The Oregon Question by Frederick Merk Pdf

Author : Harrison Rittenhouse Kincaid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1104950456

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Political and Official History and Register of Oregon (1899) by Harrison Rittenhouse Kincaid Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Joseph Henry Brown
Publisher : Portland, Ore. : W.B. Allen
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Northwest boundary of the United States
ISBN : PRNC:32101078191556

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Brown's Political History of Oregon by Joseph Henry Brown Pdf

Author : J. Henry Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1848 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:499981578

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Brown's Political History of Oregon by J. Henry Brown Pdf

Author : Les AuCoin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0870719734

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Catch and Release by Les AuCoin Pdf

Personal memoir of Les AuCoin, member of the US House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st Congressional District from 1975-1993.

Author : James Henry Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Northwest boundary of the United States
ISBN : OCLC:606250572

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Brown's Political History of Oregon by James Henry Brown Pdf