Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter 1
2. Dedication 3
3. Contents 5
4. Foreword 29
5. Preface 31
6. Acknowledgments 35
7. Part I Alaska Politics and Public Policy: An Introduction
8. Chapter 1 Understanding Alaska and Its Political Environment 39
9. Chapter 2 The Fundamentals of Alaska Politics: Influences, Characteristics, Issues, and Power 59
10. Chapter 3 Making Public Policy in Alaska: An Overview of the Process and Its Political Dynamics 83
11. Partie II Major Influences Shaping Alaska's Politics and its Policy Environment
12. Chapter 4 Alaska's Constitution: Shaping the Foundations and Development of Politics, Government, and Public Policy 113
13. Chapter 5 Alaska's Political Culture: The Confluence of Individualism, Dependence, and Pragmatism 133
14. Chapter 6 Alaska's Political Economy: Structure and Power Dynamics 167
15. Chapter 7 Alaska's Political Economy: Outside Forces, Economic Viability, and Public Policy Options 195
16. Chapter 8 Alaska's State Revenues: Economic Reality Colliding with Political Pressures 231
17. Chapter 9 Alaska Natives and the State's Political Economy: Changing Power Relationships 273
18. Chapter 10 Federal Influences and Intergovernmental Relations: Constraints, Conflicts, and Benefits 313
19. Chapter 11 Alaska and the World: The Achievements, Potential, and Limits of Public Policy and Private Initiatives 347
20. Chapter 12 The Role and Operation of Government in Alaska: Myths, Practicalities, and the Owner State 381
21. Partie III Developing and Implementing Public Policy: The Interaction of Beliefs, Institutions, Personalities, and Power
22. Chapter 13 The Role of Political Parties: Weak Organizations, Strong Caucuses, Intermittent Bipartisanship 411
23. Chapter 14 Campaigns and Elections: The Interaction of Weak Partisanship, Ideology, Personality, and Pragmatism 437
24. Chapter 15 Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Lobbyists, and their Effects on Democracy in Alaska 499
25. Chapter 16 The Legislature, the Governor, and the Bureaucracy: Conflict, Cooperation, Personalities, and Power 559
26. Chapter 17 The State Courts and Alaska Politics: Independence, Public Accountability, and Political Influence 605
27. Chapter 18 Alaska's Local Government System, Public Policies, and State-Local Power Dynamics 629
28. Chapter 19 Understanding Alaska's State Budget: The Process and Its Political Dynamics 659
29. Chapter 20 The Media and Public Opinion in Alaska: How Influential? 699
30. Partie IV Issues and Policies Generated by the Political Economy of the Owner State
31. Chapter 21 Natural Resources and the Owner State: Economic and Political Realities and Policy Dynamics 733
32. Chapter 22 The Politics of Alaska's Environment: Reconciling Conflicts 771
33. Chapter 23 Fisheries Politics and Policy Making: The Move from General to Restricted Access 807
34. Chapter 24 Oil and Gas Issues and Policies: The Risks and Rewards of Being an Energy-Producing State 845
35. Chapter 25 The Alaska Permanent Fund and the Permanent Fund Dividend: The Owner State's Experiment in Managing Petroleum Wealth 887
36. Partie V Issues and Policies Regarding State Services Delivery
37. Chapter 26 Education—K–12 and the University: Meeting the Needs of all Alaska Students? 941
38. Chapter 27 Social Services and Corrections: Intergovernmental, Public and Private Policy Making, and Power Dynamics 1003
39. Chapter 28 Transportation and Infrastructure: The Influence of Local and Special Interests in an Intergovernmental Policy-Making Environment 1063
40. Partie VI Politics, Issues, Policies, and Political Power in Alaska: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
41. Chapter 29 Assessing the Past and Present Performance of Alaska's Political and Governmental System 1131
42. Chapter 30 Choices and Prospects for Reform: A New Era or More of the Same? 1145
43. Glossary of Terms, Concepts, and Acronyms 1169
44. Further Reading and Research Resources 1185
45. About the Editor and the Contributors 1205
46. Index 1215