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From the acclaimed comedy troupe The State comes the first-ever e-book edition of their cult classic book, a mock-travel guide that traverses the nation in the same irreverent, subversive and off-the-wall comedic style that fueled their MTV sketch show and subsequent movies and TV series

In this era of renewed federalism, state governments take center stage advancing ambitious legislative agendas, pioneering innovative public policy, and providing much needed political leadership. The "devolution revolution" of the 1990s transferred many of the nation's principal domestic programs from federal to state management, often without transferring the necessary funding. This combination of expanded responsibilities and deficient resources has left many states in financial turmoil-unable to fulfill policy promises. At the same time, escalating concerns over national security have pro

Introduction -- Federal floors and state ceilings -- Religion clause arguments -- Involuntary servitude, freedom of speech, search and seizure -- Alabama -- Alaska -- Arizona -- Arkansas -- California -- Colorado -- Connecticut -- Delaware -- Florida -- Georgia -- Hawaii -- Idaho -- Illinois -- Indiana -- Iowa -- Kansas -- Kentucky -- Louisiana -- Maine -- Maryland -- Massachusetts -- Michigan -- Minnesota -- Mississippi -- Missouri -- Montana -- Nebraska -- Nevada -- New Hampshire -- New Jersey -- New Mexico -- New York -- North Carolina -- North Dakota -- Ohio -- Oklahoma -- Oregon -- Pennsylvania -- Rhode Island -- South Carolina -- South Dakota -- Tennessee -- Texas -- Utah -- Vermont -- Virginia -- Washington -- West Virginia -- Wisconsin -- Wyoming.

Intro -- Anthony de Jasay, The State -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents, p. vii -- Preface, p. ix -- Author's Note, p. xi -- The State -- Introduction, p. 1 -- 1. The Capitalist State, p. 16 -- Violence, Obedience, Preference, p. 16 -- Title and Contract, p. 22 -- The Contours of the Minimal State, p. 30 -- If States Did Not Exist, Should They Be Invented?, p. 35 -- Inventing the State: The Social Contract, p. 38 -- Inventing the State: The Instrument of Class Rule, p. 52 -- Closing the Loop by False Consciousness, p. 65 -- 2. The Adversary State, p. 73 -- Repression, Legitimacy and Consent, p. 73 -- Taking Sides, p. 85 -- Tinker's License, p. 96 -- The Revealed Preference of Governments, p. 103 -- Interpersonal Justice, p. 112 -- Unintended Effects of Producing Interpersonal Utility and Justice, p. 123 -- 3. Democratic Values, p. 131 -- Liberalism and Democracy, p. 131 -- Through Equality to Utility, p. 150 -- How Justice Overrides Contracts, p. 160 -- Egalitarianism as Prudence, p. 173 -- Love of Symmetry, p. 186 -- Envy, p. 198 -- 4. Redistribution, p. 205 -- Fixed" Constitutions, p. 205 -- Buying Consent, p. 214 -- Addictive Redistribution, p. 228 -- Rising Prices, p. 249 -- Churning, p. 254 -- Towards a Theory of the State, p. 266 -- 5. State Capitalism, p. 274 -- What Is To Be Done?, p. 274 -- The State as Class, p. 290 -- On the Plantation, p. 301 -- Index, p. 311.

On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans watched on television as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become symbolic of a culture war that thrives on stereotypes--pickup-driving red-state Republicans who vote based on God, guns, and gays; and elitist blue-state Democrats woefully out of touch with heartland values. With wit and prodigious number crunching, Andrew Gelman debunks these and other political myths. This expanded edition includes new data and easy-to-read graphics explaining the 2008 election. Red State

This updated edition collects, explains, and compares each of the fifty state constitutions, revealing individual state priorities, the significance of state constitutions and their impact on issues that affect the day-to-day lives of citizens. This major revision incorporates specific details and describes trends and patterns in state constitutions, drawing on over 380 amendments passed since the 1998 first edition