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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Duquette, Jerold J., 1968- (Editor), O'Brien, Erin E. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2022]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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. Jiménez
  • 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.