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Fifty years ago Georgia chose how it would use the natural environment of its coast. The General Assembly passed the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act in 1970, and, surprisingly, Lester Maddox, a governor who had built a conservative reputation by defending segregation, signed it into law. With this book, Paul Bolster narrates the politics of the times and brings to life the political leaders and the coalition of advocates who led Georgia to pass the most comprehensive protection of marshlands along the Atlantic seaboard. Saving the Georgia Coast brings to light the intriguing and colorful characters who formed that coalition: wealthy island owners, hunters and fishermen, people who made their home on the coast, courageous political leaders, garden-club members, clean-water protectors, and journalists. It explores how that political coalition came together behind governmental leaders and traces the origins of environmental organizations that continue to impact policy today. Saving the Georgia Coast enhances the reader's understanding of the many steps it takes for a bill to become a law. Bolster's account reviews state policy toward the coast today, giving the reader an opportunity to compare yesterday to the present. Current demands on the coastal environment are different-including spaceports and sea rise from climate change-but the political pressures to generate new wealth and new jobs, or to perch a home on the edge of the sea, are no different than fifty years ago. Saving the Georgia Coast spotlights the past and present decisions needed to balance human desires with the limits of what nature has to offer.
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By state law, graduates of public colleges and universities in Georgia must demonstrate proficiency with both the U.S. and Georgia constitutions. This widely used textbook helps students to satisfy that requirement, either in courses or by examination. This brief and affordable study aid begins with a discussion of the ways that state and local governments, in providing services and allocating funds, affect our daily lives. Subsequent chapters are devoted to the development of our federal system and the importance of constitutions in establishing authority, distributing power, and formalising procedures</li> how the various state constitutions differ from each other, even as they all complement the U.S. Constitution</li> how constitutions in Georgia have been amended or replaced</li> Georgia's governmental institutions at the state, county, and city levels</li> elections in Georgia, including the basic ground rules for holding primaries, general elections, and runoffs</li>Key terms and concepts are covered throughout the book, as well as important court cases at the national and state level. In addition, helpful lists, diagrams, and tables summarise and compare such information as the structure of Georgia's court system</li> the number of constitutions each of the fifty states has had, the number of times each state's constitution has been amended, and the length of each state's current constitution</li> various procedures used by the states to amend their constitutions</li> Georgia's ten constitutions, with highlights of their major changes or features</li> the number of amendments voted on in Georgia from 1984 to 2012</li> the executive branch officials elected by the public across states</li> the constitutional boards and commissions in Georgia, with details on the methods by which members are chosen</li> the number and types of local governments in Georgia since 1952 including counties, municipalities, school districts, and special districts</li> the major federal cases in which Georgia has been a party, on issues of discrimination, representation, freedom of speech and the press, the accused or convicted of crimes, and the right to privacy</li> rights and liberties, and how constitutions guarantee and protect them</li>.
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