Nevada Politics and Government: Conservatism in an Open Society

by Don W. Driggs and Leonard E. Goodall

Book Overview

Nevada's highly individualistic political culture has produced a conservative political philosophy in an open society. Economic developments resulting from mining and gambling reinforced and heightened the individualistic ethic that many early settlers brought to the frontier state. This ethic is also evident in the opposition of most Nevadans to big government, big labor, and big business. Belief in limited government partially explains the apparent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803266049
• ISBN13: 9780803266049
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"