List of Figures List of Tables
Introduction
I. Conflict and Its Representation Introduction: Political Conflicts and Their Representation
Jeffrey M. Stonecash
1. Political Conflict in New York State
John Kenneth White
2. Racial Politics in New York State
Ester R. Fuchs and J. Phillip Thompson
3. Political Conflict and Intergovernmental Relations: The Federal-State Dimension
Sarah F.Liebschutz
4. The Role of the State in the Finances of Cities and Counties in New York
Steven D. Gold and Sarah Ritchie
5. Political Parties and Partisan Conflict
Jeffrey M. Stonecash
6. Third Parties in New York State
Robert J. Spitzer
II. Government in New York Introduction: The Government of New York State
John Kenneth White and Peter W. Colby
7. The Governorship in an Era of Limits and Change
Gerald Benjamin and Robert C. Lawton
8. The Legislature: The Emergence of an Equal Branch
Jeffrey M. Stonecash
9. The State of the Executive Budget
Robert P. Kerker
10. Lobbying in New York
David Louis Cingranelli
11. Media Coverage of State Politics
Jeffrey M. Stonecash
12. Other Governments: The Public Authorities
Keith M. Henderson
III. Public Policy Introduction: Public Policy in New York State Today
Peter W. Colby and John Kenneth White
13. Taxes and Policy Debates in New York State
Jeffrey M. Stonecash
14. Primary and Secondary Education
Robert Berne
15. How Good and How Large a State University? Dilemmas of Higher Education Policy in New York State
Henry J. Steck
16. Health Policy in New York State: Health Care Needs and System Reform
Alice Sardell
17. Welfare Policy in New York State
Harvey Catchen
18. Federal Mandates, State Policy Coalitions, and Hazardous Waste Management in New York State
Robert F. Pecorella
19. The Politics of Transportation in New York State
Jeffrey M. Stonecash and Mitchell H. Pally
20. New York State in Comparative Perspective
Peter W. Colby
21. A Brief Guide for Further Research
Peter W. Colby and Jeffrey M. Stonecash
Contributors
Index