edited by Robert F. Pecorella and Jeffrey M. Stonecash
5th ed
Albany :
State University of New York Press,
c2006
ix, 434 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Political conflicts and their representation -- Introduction: The sources of conflict / Jeffrey M. Stonecash -- The two New Yorks revisited: the city and the state / Robert F. Pecorella -- Political conflict and intergovernmental fiscal relations / Don Boyd -- Political parties and elections / Jeffrey M. Stonecash and Amy Widestrom -- Third parties in New York / Robert J. Spitzer -- Interest-group lobbying in New York state / Rogan T. Kersh -- Reporters and politicians in Albny A Access, reciprocity, and news management / Elizabeth Benjamin -- Political institutions and decision making -- Introduction: state government institutions / Gerald Benjamin -- New York's governorship : what happens now? / Gerald Benjamin and Elizabeth Benjamin -- The legislature, parties and resolving conflict / Jeffrey M. Stonecash -- New York's courts / Brian J. Nickerson and Thomas W. Church -- Other governments : the public authorities / Keith M. Henderson -- Public policy -- Introduction: public policy in New York / Jeffrey M. Stonecash -- The economy, taxes and policy constraints in New York / Stephanie Lundquist and Amy Widestrom -- The politics of state education aid : is demography destiny? / Robert Pecorella -- Contested futures : public policy and the State University of New York / Henry Steck -- Health care in the Empire State : expanding access and escalating costs / Jeffrey Krause -- Social services / Sarah Liebschutz -- The politics of transportation / Jeffrey M. Stonecash -- Environmental policy in New York / Thomas Birkland -- Guide to research on New York politics