New Jersey Politics and Government, 4th edition
452 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
13 tables
Paperback
Release Date:19 Jul 2013
ISBN:9780813561394
New Jersey Politics and Government, 4th edition
The Suburbs Come of Age
By Barbara G. Salmore, with Stephen A. Salmore
SERIES:
Rivergate Regionals Collection
Rutgers University Press
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 entirely reshaped in recent decades, and those changes are analyzed in every chapter of this edition.
Offering a comprehensive overview of New Jersey politics and government, chapters cover the state’s political history; campaigns and elections; interest groups; the constitution; the development of government institutions; relationships with neighboring states, the federal government, and its own municipalities and counties; tax and spending policies; education; and quality of life issues.
Offering a comprehensive overview of New Jersey politics and government, chapters cover the state’s political history; campaigns and elections; interest groups; the constitution; the development of government institutions; relationships with neighboring states, the federal government, and its own municipalities and counties; tax and spending policies; education; and quality of life issues.
BARBARA G. SALMORE served as dean and professor of political science at Fairleigh Dickinson–Madison and associate dean and professor at Drew University.
STEPHEN A. SALMORE was a political consultant and professor emeritus of political science at Rutgers University.
List of TablesÂ
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
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
