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The Politics of Massachusetts Exceptionalism : Reputation Meets Reality /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: O'Brien, Erin E. (Editor ), Duquette, Jerold J., 1968- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Massachusetts exceptionalism as identity and debate / Jerold J. Duquette and Erin O'Brien
  • Massachusetts politics : context and culture / Erin O'Brien
  • Local government and regional politics / Shannon Jenkins
  • Massachusetts on the national stage / Peter Ubertaccio
  • The Massachusetts General Court : exceptionally old-school / Shannon Jenkins
  • Governor of the Commonwealth : a "not so" supreme executive magistrate / Jerold J. Duquette
  • The courts and the constitution : exceptionally enduring / Lawrence Friedman
  • Political parties and elections / Maurice T. Cunningham and Peter Ubertaccio
  • From laggard to leader : voter access in Massachusetts / Erin O'Brien
  • The Massachusetts Initiative & referendum process / Jerold Duquette and Maurice T. Cunningham
  • Latinx in Massachusetts politics / Luis F. Jimenez
  • Not so exceptional : women & women of color in Massachusetts politics / Erin O'Brien
  • Massachusetts politics : exceptional? It's complicated / Jerold Duquette and Erin O'Brien.