Maine Politics and Government
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Maine Politics and Government

  1. 308 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Maine Politics and Government

About this book

Remote and thinly populated, Maine was long insulated from many of the demographic and economic trends of states to the south. Maine Politics and Government traces recent changes in the state's system as agriculture, manufacturing, and maritime trades have ceded dominance to high-tech businesses, extensive commercial development, and an expanding governmental sector. This compact overview of Maine politics and government describes how the state's history and political culture have shaped its political processes, its governing institutions, and its public-policy priorities. It also highlights the shift in the role of Maine's governments in the past half century—from low-service entities to administrators of a broad range of public policies. The authors consider the impact of the influx of newcomers along the southern Maine coast, serious financial issues involving burdensome taxation, the pressing need to make the nearly five hundred units of local government more efficient, and problems attending the spread of suburbs throughout the state. Fully updated and expanded, this second edition provides a wealth of new material—maps, case studies, updated demographic information, treatment of new policies and health-care plans, and an overview of the administrations of the two most recent governors.

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Yes, you can access Maine Politics and Government by G. Thomas Taylor,Kenneth T. Palmer,Jean E. Lavigne,Marcus A. LiBrizzi in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & American Government. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Tables and Maps
  3. Authors’ Preface to Second Edition
  4. Authors’ Preface to First Edition
  5. 1. State of the State
  6. 2. Maine’s Political Culture: The New England Frontier
  7. 3. Maine’s Traditional Politics and Its Transformation
  8. 4. Contemporary Maine Politics
  9. 5. The Constitutional Tradition
  10. 6. The State Legislature
  11. 7. The Governor and the Administration
  12. 8. The Court System
  13. 9. Maine’s Budget as Policy
  14. 10. Contemporary Policy Concerns
  15. 11. Maine in the Federal System
  16. 12. Local Government
  17. 13. Substate Regionalism and State-Local Relations
  18. 14. Concluding Observations
  19. 15. Maine Documents and Sources
  20. Notes
  21. Index