Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government

Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government brings together in one volume some of the best available scholarly research, both new and not so new, on a wide range of topics and issues of interest to students of politics and government in the Natural State. The twenty-one articles are arranged in four sections, ranging from the stat's socioeconomic and political context to the workings of its policymaking institutions and the key policy puzzles facing the state in the early twenty-first century.

Janine A. Parry is associate professor of political science at the University of Arkansas. Richard P. Wang is associate professor of political science at Arkansas State University and coeditor of Arkansas Politics: A Reader.