New Jersey Politics and Government : : The Suburbs Come of Age / / Barbara G. Salmore.

This fourth edition is thoroughly updated to reflect the challenges New Jersey has overcome and those it continues to face: sustaining growth and opportunity in a multicultural society, providing quality education, and protecting the environment. State politics and government have been almost entire...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Rivergate Regionals Collection
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Physical Description:1 online resource (452 p.) :; 13 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Prologue
  • 2. Foundations: New Jersey, 1600- 1900
  • 3. The Statesmen and the Bosses: New Jersey since 1900
  • 4. Contemporary Political Patterns
  • 5. Voters, Elections, and Parties
  • 6. The Representation of Interests
  • 7. The Constitution
  • 8. The Governor
  • 9. The Legislature
  • 10. The State Bureaucracy
  • 11. The Courts
  • 12. Government and Politics in Localities
  • 13. New Jersey in the Federal System
  • 14. The Politics of Taxing and Spending
  • 15. The Politics of Education
  • 16. Quality of Life Issues
  • 17. Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author