Table of contents

Notes from the editor

i-vii

Changing nature and tactics of terrorism

1-16

Red state blues: Exploring the context of competitive states in the 2012 Democratic primary

17-38

Constituent opinion and congressional leadership: Letters to majority leader Carl Albert on civil rights 1963-64

39-58

Legislative football: Plotting the progress of a legislative proposal in Oklahoma

59-88

“We are pimping off the peopleâ€: Designing Oklahoma lottery legislation

89-116

Political order and political decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the globalization of democracy

119-123

Step toward Brown v. Board of Education: Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher and her fight to end segregation

125-128

Following oil: Four decades of cycle-testing experiences and what they foretell about U.S. energy independence

129-132

Oklahoma’s Indian deal

133-136