Product Description: Sharpe James was elected mayor of his adopted city, Newark, New Jersey in 1986. He served for an unprecedented twenty years. As Mayor, Sharpe helped to move his beloved city from "urban blight to urban bright." After retiring in 2006, Sharpe was accused of crimes against his beloved city that he did not commit...read more

Product Description: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has become a national Republican Party figure, famous for his blunt public statements, his willingness to confront powerful special interests, and his determination to change the ingrown, corrupt, backroom political culture of New Jersey...read more

A close-up study of the pervasive corruption infecting New Jersey politics, business, and government offers a stranger-than-fiction look at Mafia influence at all levels, allegations of a corrupt Medical and Dental College, the resignation of a newly 'outed' gay American governor, the sex tapes of a politically connected developer, and more. 20,000 first printing.

Ideal for the orientation of newly elected municipal officers, this accessible handbook covers the business of running a town from the perspective of its local governing bodies. Perfect for everyone from town officials and council members to planning boards and emergency management personnel, this guide organizes and updates a town’s procedural and regulatory obligations. Topics include public access to government records; the powers of municipal officials; municipal ethics; and labor, employment, and election laws.

New Jersey, despite being the third state to enter the Union, has only recently had a genuine statewide politics or policy agenda. Overshadowed by neighboring New York and Pennsylvania and with the strong local orientation of most of its citizens, New Jersey had little reason or ability to develop vigorous state institutions. New Jersey Politics and Government shows how this situation changed radically in the second half of the twentieth century in response to problems of education, economic development, government finance, land use, transportation, and environmental quality. New Jersey's historically weak state government has adopted a more activist posture, and its strong tradition of home rule has given way to a more cosmopolitan orientation. Barbara G. Salmore and Stephen A. Salmore point out that many of these changes in New Jersey's politics reflect the growing suburbanization of the United State. With the majority of voters living in the suburbs for the first time, government institutions at all levels are adapting to the politics of a new "suburban century." As the most suburban of all the states, New Jersey politics and governmental institutions are responding in ways likely to be seen in other states. This book, offering the only comprehensive study of politics and government in New Jersey, is of special interest to those studying how our political institutions respond to social changes as well as to those interested in political developments in the American states. (view table of contents)

A memoir by a former New Jersey governor who acknowledged his homosexuality during his 2004 resignation speech describes the struggles he faced with his sexual identity during his Catholic upbringing, his political rise and fall, and his decision to publicly declare his orientation. Simultaneous.

A memoir by a former New Jersey governor who acknowledged his homosexuality during his 2004 resignation speech describes the struggles he faced with his sexual identity during his Catholic upbringing, his political rise and fall, and his decision to publicly declare his orientation. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

A memoir by a former New Jersey governor who acknowledged his homosexuality during his 2004 resignation speech describes the struggles he faced with his sexual identity during his Catholic upbringing, his political rise and fall, and his decision to publicly declare his orientation. (Biography & Autobiography)

Product Description: A critical look at how and why the boundary lines of New Jersey's 566 municipalities were drawn, pointing to the irrationality of these divisions. The author looks at the history and high cost of New Jersey's multiple municipalities. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Christie Whitman was a freeholder from a small New Jersey county who became a politician with national credentials. Some think she could become the first woman president of the U.S. This biography reveals how this no-nonsense politician has confounded the predictions of the media & political establishment to become both a political player & a certifiable celebrity...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An authorized biography of the New Jersey governor and possible vice-presidential candidate is based on the author's interviews with Christine Todd Whitman, the governor's family and friends, and Whitman's personal documents and photos. 75,000 first printing. $40,000 ad/promo.

Chronicling the life and career of Christie Whitman, the first woman governor of New Jersey, a political biography traces her background and considers her future roles in national Republican politics. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour. IP.

Product Description: This political history of New Jersey during the Civil War and the years immediately before and after invites us to rethink New Jersey's role and in particular its relationship to the border states. William Gillette argues that there is little evidence supporting the idea that New Jersey's residents were pro-southern before the war, or even antiwar during it, although attitudes toward the abolition of slavery were more ambivalent...read more

Looks behind the headlines and the drama of the 1993 New Jersey gubernatorial campaign, in which incumbent Jim Florio tried to rally from a high disapproval rating as he faced off against Christine Todd Whitman.

Product Description: This book is designed to introduce the reader to the government and political life of the State of New Jersey. The focus is on the major institutions of state governmentóthe legislature, the executive, and judiciaryóand the way they are organized and the services each performs...read more

Includes the state Constitution and a look at the government and its work

Product Description: Book by Beede, Benjamin R., Brugh, Anne