New Jersey Politics and Government: The Suburban Come of Age | 
| Authors: Barbara G. Salmore, Stephen A. Salmore
Publisher: Rivergate Books
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3rd
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Pages: 443
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0813542855
Dewey Decimal Number: 320.9749
EAN: 9780813542850
ASIN: 0813542855
Publication Date: April 30, 2008
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As the United States moves toward becoming a nation of suburbs, New Jersey is a place more Americans should get to know. The challenges it has overcome and those it continues to face provide lessons that will help states across the country address the struggles of providing quality education, protecting the environment, improving the quality of life, and accommodating a multicultural society while sustaining growth and opportunity. Written by two of the most respected political analysts in the state, this is the only book available that provides a comprehensive overview of politics and government in New Jersey. Chapters cover: political parties, elections, interest groups, the constitution, the governor, the legislature, the courts, the bureaucracy, taxation, home rule, education, and the response of the New Jersey polity to growing suburbanization. This thoroughly revised third edition, published for the first time by Rutgers University Press, also highlights recent scandals within the government and the high profile of the governorship.
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A primer for every New Jersey resident September 2, 2008
This is 2008; if you've ever wondered how New Jersey arrived at the state it's in via legislation, policies, and insufficient public planning to address shifting residential and economic demographics, this book is a must read.
My only wish is that the section on the media, in general, and newspapers, in particular, had been a little more detailed. Gannett Corp. is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and its New Jersey headquarters are in Cherry Hill where it bought what had been the family-owned Camden Courier-Post (itself the result of a merger between two of Camden's once-proud daily newspapers).
This shift away from community reporting to the so-called corporate reporting that satisfies shareholders would have added to readers' understanding of how underserved they are by the Fourth Estate.
Helen-Chantal Pike, lecturer in media history, Rutgers Univeristy-New Brunswick; one-time reporter for the Asbury Park Press when it was family-owned, and author of "New Jersey: Crossroads of Commerce" (October/2008).
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