TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by Michael Nelson Introduction Tennessee's Post-Bellum Political History, by M. Lee Smith The Constitution, by Lewis Laska The Institutionalization of the Tennessee Legislature, 1968-1997, by Thomas D. Ungs and Frank Essex The Governorship, by David Carleton The Changing Court System, by Thomas Van Dervort Local Government and Politics, by David Kanervo Turnout and Partisanship in Tennessee Elections, by Lilliard E. Richardson, Jr. and Grant W. Neeley Women in Tennessee Politics, by Anne Sloan African Americans in Tennessee: The Case of Memphis, by Marcus D. Pohlmann Representing Tennessee in Congress, by Jim Cooper Trends in Public Opinion, by John Scheb II, William Lyons, and Grant W. Neeley Education in the Volunteer State, by Nancy Keese and James Huffman The Tennessee Prison System, by Richard D.
Chesteen Finances of State Government, by Kelly D. Edmiston and Matthew Murray State Policy, Global Economy, by Steven G. Livingston Appendix: The State Constitution.