Author: Kenneth G Morton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780926766297
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The Massachusetts Political Almanac
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780926766341
Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780926766341
Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Massachusetts Political Almanac 2004
Author: Holly Burch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780926766310
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780926766310
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Massachusetts Political Almanac 2002
Author: Kenneth G Morton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780926766297
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780926766297
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
When in Boston
Author: Jim Vrabel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
A long overdue, single-volume chronicle of Boston over the centuries provides a unique descriptive history of the city organized as a time line.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
A long overdue, single-volume chronicle of Boston over the centuries provides a unique descriptive history of the city organized as a time line.
The Bluest State
Author: Jon Keller
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466855231
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
What's Happened to Massachusetts? At one time, Americans thought of Massachusetts with pride. It was the place where the charge against British oppression was incubated and first battle of the Revolutionary War was fought. It was the intellectual center of the United States, the home of the country's first university – Harvard - and the birthplace of some of our most famous writers -- Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, to name just a few. What do Americans picture when they think of Massachusetts today? They think of taxes on everything that moves and a burning desire to tax what doesn't. They think of unctuous, doomed Presidential candidates from Michael Dukakis to John Kerry. And, most of all, they think of "Kennedy Country" - not the moderate politics of JFK who backed supply-side tax cuts and saber-rattling foreign policy, but a place influenced by the ideology of his little brother, Ted, a punch line for bad political jokes and the relic of a dream gone bad. Over the past thirty years, Massachusetts has been the test kitchen for the baby boom's political impulses and instincts, with devastating results: urban deterioration, failing public schools and a vanishing job base. Unfortunately, the story of Massachusetts' decline has national implications. Other states share its problems. And the cautionary tale of their mishandling in Massachusetts speaks to a broader issue. What's gone wrong with the Democratic Party? In The Bluest State, a book that echoes Tom Franks' bestseller "What's the Matter With Kansas?" Jon Keller, a veteran political commentator, shows how the collapse of the Massachusetts Miracle into the Massachusetts Miasma mirrors chronic failures within the Democratic Party and American liberalism. After an election in which Democrats elsewhere regained power in Washington by moving toward the political center, the story of how failed boomer politics ruined one of America's great liberal citadels is a timely warning to the party for the election ahead.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466855231
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
What's Happened to Massachusetts? At one time, Americans thought of Massachusetts with pride. It was the place where the charge against British oppression was incubated and first battle of the Revolutionary War was fought. It was the intellectual center of the United States, the home of the country's first university – Harvard - and the birthplace of some of our most famous writers -- Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, to name just a few. What do Americans picture when they think of Massachusetts today? They think of taxes on everything that moves and a burning desire to tax what doesn't. They think of unctuous, doomed Presidential candidates from Michael Dukakis to John Kerry. And, most of all, they think of "Kennedy Country" - not the moderate politics of JFK who backed supply-side tax cuts and saber-rattling foreign policy, but a place influenced by the ideology of his little brother, Ted, a punch line for bad political jokes and the relic of a dream gone bad. Over the past thirty years, Massachusetts has been the test kitchen for the baby boom's political impulses and instincts, with devastating results: urban deterioration, failing public schools and a vanishing job base. Unfortunately, the story of Massachusetts' decline has national implications. Other states share its problems. And the cautionary tale of their mishandling in Massachusetts speaks to a broader issue. What's gone wrong with the Democratic Party? In The Bluest State, a book that echoes Tom Franks' bestseller "What's the Matter With Kansas?" Jon Keller, a veteran political commentator, shows how the collapse of the Massachusetts Miracle into the Massachusetts Miasma mirrors chronic failures within the Democratic Party and American liberalism. After an election in which Democrats elsewhere regained power in Washington by moving toward the political center, the story of how failed boomer politics ruined one of America's great liberal citadels is a timely warning to the party for the election ahead.
Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions
Author: Donald P. Haider-Markel
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 0872893774
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Providing expert analysis of government and politics in all 50 states and the U.S. territories, this innovative two-volume reference fills the critical need for information and analysis of the roles and functions of state government through accessible state-by-state and regional overviews of government and politics.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 0872893774
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Providing expert analysis of government and politics in all 50 states and the U.S. territories, this innovative two-volume reference fills the critical need for information and analysis of the roles and functions of state government through accessible state-by-state and regional overviews of government and politics.
The Massachusetts Political Almanac 2010
Author: Kenneth G. Morton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780926766372
Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780926766372
Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Politics of Massachusetts Exceptionalism
Author: Jerold Duquette
Publisher: UMass + ORM
ISBN: 1613769466
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
“Thorough, engaging, and full of insight . . . a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the state’s governmental process and its political actors.” —Jeffrey M. Berry, author of Lobbying for the People: The Political Behavior of Public Interest Groups Are claims of Massachusetts’s special and instructive place in American history and politics justified? Alternately described as a “city upon a hill” and “an organized system of hatreds,” Massachusetts politics has indisputably exerted an outsized pull on the national stage. The Commonwealth’s leaders often argue for the state’s distinct position within the union, citing its proud abolitionist history and its status as a policy leader on health care, gay marriage, and transgender rights, not to mention its fertile soil for budding national politicians. Detractors point to the state’s busing crisis, sky-high levels of economic inequality, and mixed support for undocumented immigrants. The Politics of Massachusetts Exceptionalism tackles these tensions, offering a collection of essays from public policy experts that address the state’s noteworthy contributions to the nation’s political history. This is a much-needed volume for Massachusetts policymakers, journalists, and community leaders, as well as those learning about political power at the state level, inside and outside of the classroom. Contributors include the editors as well as Maurice T. Cunningham, Lawrence Friedman, Shannon Jenkins, Luis F. Jiménez, and Peter Ubertaccio. “One-stop shopping for an understanding of Massachusetts politics.” —CommonWealth Magazine
Publisher: UMass + ORM
ISBN: 1613769466
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
“Thorough, engaging, and full of insight . . . a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the state’s governmental process and its political actors.” —Jeffrey M. Berry, author of Lobbying for the People: The Political Behavior of Public Interest Groups Are claims of Massachusetts’s special and instructive place in American history and politics justified? Alternately described as a “city upon a hill” and “an organized system of hatreds,” Massachusetts politics has indisputably exerted an outsized pull on the national stage. The Commonwealth’s leaders often argue for the state’s distinct position within the union, citing its proud abolitionist history and its status as a policy leader on health care, gay marriage, and transgender rights, not to mention its fertile soil for budding national politicians. Detractors point to the state’s busing crisis, sky-high levels of economic inequality, and mixed support for undocumented immigrants. The Politics of Massachusetts Exceptionalism tackles these tensions, offering a collection of essays from public policy experts that address the state’s noteworthy contributions to the nation’s political history. This is a much-needed volume for Massachusetts policymakers, journalists, and community leaders, as well as those learning about political power at the state level, inside and outside of the classroom. Contributors include the editors as well as Maurice T. Cunningham, Lawrence Friedman, Shannon Jenkins, Luis F. Jiménez, and Peter Ubertaccio. “One-stop shopping for an understanding of Massachusetts politics.” —CommonWealth Magazine
The Almanac of Political Corruption, Scandals and Dirty Politics
Author: Kim Long
Publisher: Delta
ISBN: 9780553384352
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Describes notable instances of political corruption and malfeasance in the United States from the colonial era to 2006, and includes a list of corruption benchmarks and censure histories of the U.S. House and Senate.
Publisher: Delta
ISBN: 9780553384352
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Describes notable instances of political corruption and malfeasance in the United States from the colonial era to 2006, and includes a list of corruption benchmarks and censure histories of the U.S. House and Senate.
Notes on the Almanacs of Massachusetts
Author: Charles Lemuel Nichols
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description