Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-326) and index.
Table of Contents
Understanding and evaluating Alaska issues and public policies / Clive S. Thomas -- The Alaska economy and economic issues: an historical overview / George W. Rogers -- The contemporary and future Alaska economy: prospects for economic development and diversity / David M. Reaume -- The economy of rural-bush Alaska: structure, issues and prospects / David L. Marshall -- State revenues and the state budget: self inflicted problems? / Greg J. Protasel -- The economics and politics of the Alaska permanent fund dividend program / Gordon S. Harrison -- Alaska and international commerce: hopes and realities / Douglas K. Barry -- Education: continuing urban-rural tension / Jerry Covey ... et al. -- Health: national trends in an Alaska setting / James B. Goes -- Substance abuse and domestic violence: consequences of Alaska's diversity / Virginia S. Mulle -- Corrections: public pressure, political symbolism and professional expertise / Charles F. Campbell and John Pugh -- Transportation: state agency management of a federal endowment / W. Keith Gerken and Clive S. Thomas -- Land, natural resource and environmental issues: the political and policy-making context / James N. Gladden and Dan Austin --