<i>Vermont State Government Since 1965</i> book 

Vermont State Government Since 1965
  Edited by Michael Sherman


668 pp.;  ISBN 0-944277-37-3        $49.95

In this comprehensive, 690-page publication, twenty-nine scholars and practitioners scrutinize Vermont state government as it has evolved since 1965. The book is organized by areas of governmental activity, including branches of government, agencies, and services, and the authors examine the effects of major issues and legislation. They also discuss important events as well as dominant trends that have marked state government and its responses to more than three decades of often tumultuous change within the broader national experience--"[P]robably the most important book published on Vermont in several decades and . . . a phenomenal resource for decades to come" (Chris Graff, Associated Press Montpelier Bureau Chief, Burlington Free Press and Sunday Rutland Herald and the Sunday Times Argus, March 14, 1999).

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Contents

Foreword, Jan S. Eastman and Paul Eschholz ix 
Editor’s Preface, Michael Sherman xi 
The Past as Prologue, Samuel B. Hand 1 
 

  1.  The Constitution, William C. Hill 17 
  2.  The General Assembly, D. Gregory Sanford and William T. Doyle 31 
  3.  Interest Politics and Lobbying, Frank M. Bryan 53 
  4.  Parties and Politics, Christopher Graff 77 
  5.  The Executive, John H. Fitzhugh 91 
  6.  The Media, William K. Porter and Stephen C. Terry 107 
  7.  Administrative Offices, James H. Douglas 137 
  8.  Finances: Taxation, Arthur G. Woolf 157 
  9.  Finances: Budgeting and Spending, Ronald E. W. Crisman 173 
10.  The Judiciary, John Dooley 187 
11.  Criminal Justice, James L. Morse 243 
12.  Law Enforcement, Robert E. Stanfield 257 
13.  Corrections, John G. Perry 273 
14.  Civil and Human Rights, Richard T. Cassidy 297 
15.  Education, William J. Mathis 317 
16.  Health Care, Hamilton Davis 361 
17.  Public Welfare, Judy P. Rosenstreich 389 
18.  Cultural Agencies, Ellen McCulloch-Lovell 417 
19.  Land Use, Planning, and Environmental Protection, Leonard U. Wilson 453 
20.  Agriculture, Susan J. Harlow 467 
21.  Natural Resources, Brendan J. Whittaker 485 
22.  Transportation, Jeffrey F. Squires 509 
23.  Business, Labor, and Industry, John H. Marshall 529
24.  The State and Local Government, Paul S. Gillies 561
25.  The State and the Federal Government Arthur Ristau 583
26.  Conclusion, Frank Smallwood 595

Appendix A:  Vermont’s Population and Places 
 James Cruise and Frederick E. Schmidt 611 

Appendix B:  Selected Tables 619 
 B.1  Population of Vermont by County 
 B.2  Vermont’s Ten Most Populated Cities/Towns 
 B.3  Population of Vermont by Age Group 
 B.4  Vermont Population by Industry 
 B.5  Vermont Agricultural Data 
 B.6  Vermont Governors, 1961 to Present 

Appendix C:  Maps 623 
 1.  Vermont Senatorial Districts 
 2.  Vermont Representative Districts

Contributors 629

Index 635