LEADER 03414nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910810359803321 005 20240410195137.0 010 $a1-4571-1679-0 010 $a1-60732-087-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000042930 035 $a(EBL)770891 035 $a(OCoLC)775301783 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000541547 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11351596 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000541547 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10499060 035 $a(PQKB)11357719 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039747 035 $a(OCoLC)750230029 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4115 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039747 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10486848 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL913721 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000042930 100 $a20110428d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aState of change $eColorado politics in the twenty-first century /$fedited by Courtenay W. Daum, Robert J. Duffy, John A. Straayer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBoulder, Colo. $cUniversity Press of Colorado$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60732-086-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : state of change : Colorado politics in the twenty-first century / Courtenay W. Daum ... [et al.] -- Colorado : sometimes red and sometimes blue / Robert D. Loevy -- What's going on? the shifting terrain of federal elections in Colorado / Robert J. Duffy and Kyle Saunders -- Colorado's central role in the 2008 presidential election cycle / Seth E. Masket -- Impact of direct democracy on Colorado state politics / Daniel A. Smith -- Colorado's new election day world / Scott Doyle, Larimer County Elections Staff, and John A. Straayer -- The Colorado general assembly : it ain't what it used to be / John A. Straayer -- How GAVEL changed party politics in Colorado's general assembly / Mike Binder, Vladimir Kogan, and Thad Kousser -- Disparate impact : term limits, female representatives and the Colorado state legislature / Courtenay W. Daum -- One thing after another : layers of policy and Colorado's fiscal train wreck / John A. Straayer -- Financial architecture of post-republican Colorado / Scott Moore. 330 $a""A rare and comprehensive examination of the state's political system and a good historical record of the evolution of our state.""- James A. Null University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Colorado has recently been at the center of major shifts in American politics. Indeed, over the last several decades the political landscape has altered dramatically on both the state and national levels. State of Change traces the political and demographic factors that have transformed Colorado, looking beyond the major shift in the dominant political party from Republican to Democratic to greater 517 3 $aColorado politics in the twenty-first century 607 $aColorado$xPolitics and government$y21st century 676 $a320.9788 701 $aDaum$b Courtenay W$01662704 701 $aDuffy$b Robert J$01662705 701 $aStraayer$b John A.$f1939-$01662706 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810359803321 996 $aState of change$94019556 997 $aUNINA