Background
Backstrom, Charles Herbert was born on October 5, 1926 in Valley City, North Dakota, United States. Son of Carl Henning and Helen Irene (Stroud) Backstrom.
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Tribune of the People was first published in 1990.The Minnesota legislature enjoys a national reputation for confronting difficult state problems and devising innovative ways of dealing with them. In recent years, however, as issues have become increasingly complex and controversial, public respect for the legislature has declined. In 1985 the legislature commissioned a study to analyze this troubling situation. Tribune of the People is the result of that study.Working under the auspices of the Hubert H. Humphery Institute of Public Affairs and the political science department of the University of Minnesota, the authors conducted in-depth interviews supplemented with independent research to evaluate the legislature in the quarter century since reapportionment was mandated by the U.S. Supreme Court. Moving from a historical view to a series of close-up shots, the study considered the decision-making process during the 1985-86 session: how the legislators confronted divisive issues such as the Environmental Superfund, taxes, and health policy. Finally, the study suggests a number of procedural and staffing reforms aimed at restoring public confidence in the institution. Most notable among them are proposals for reducing the size of the legislature and making it a unicameral body.
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Backstrom, Charles Herbert was born on October 5, 1926 in Valley City, North Dakota, United States. Son of Carl Henning and Helen Irene (Stroud) Backstrom.
Bachelor, Bachelor of Science, Moorhead State University, 1949; Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1956.
Assistant professor political science Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, 1955-1958. Researcher communications on education and labor United States House of Representatives, Washington, 1958-1959. From assistant professor to professor political science University Minnesota, Minneapolis, from 1959.
Election consultant Star Tribune, Minneapolis, since 1964, Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul, 1974-1982. Private practice reapportionment consultant, since 1964.
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Board of directors Citizens League, Minneapolis, 1968-1970. Member Governor Commision on Reapportionment, St. Paul, 1964-1965. Second lieutenant United States Army, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Member American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Minnesota Political Science Association (president 1974-1975).
Married Barbara Ann Meyer, August 25, 1957. Children: Paul, Anne, Brian, Claudia.