Government and Politics in Florida

List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Foreword xiii Reubin O'Donovan Askew Preface xvii Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1(15) J. Edwin Benton Political Culture and Political Attitudes in Florida 16(32) Suzanne L. Parker Terri L. Towner Elections and Partisan Change in Florida 48(32) Stephen C. Craig Roger Austin Politics and Ethnic Change in Florida 80(22) Kevin A. Hill Dario A. Moreno Political Parties in Florida 102(26) Thomas M. Carsey J. P. Nelson Interest Groups in Florida 128(24) Matthew T. Corrigan J. Edwin Benton The Legislature and the Legislative Process in Florida 152(29) Kevin Michael Wagner Eric Prier The Florida Governor in the Twenty-First Century 181(26) Richard K. Scher The Florida Courts: No Longer Obscure but Still Powerful 207(33) Drew Noble Lanier Roger Handberg Local Governments: Institutions of Governance and Agents of Service Delivery 240(25) J. Edwin Benton Richard C. Feiock Intergovernmental Relations in Florida 265(29) Robert B. Bradley J. Edwin Benton The Economics and Politics of Financing Florida's Many Governments 294(34) Susan A. Macmanus Thomas A. Watson Andrew E Quecan Florida's Education System 328(29) Lynne Holt Babak Lotfinia Florida's Health Care Policy: Making Do on the Cheap 357(26) Carol S. Weissert William G. Weissert Welfare Policy in Florida 383(27) Renee J. Johnson David M. Hedge Florida's Unfinished Agenda in Growth Management and Environmental Protection 410(28) Lance Dehaven-Smith Florida's Government and Politics: The Road Ahead 438(9) J. Edwin Benton Contributors 447(6) Index 453