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The new politics of North Carolina / edited by Christopher A. Cooper & H. Gibbs Knotts.

Cooper, Christopher A. (Christopher Alan), 1975- (Added Author). Knotts, H. Gibbs. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780807831915
ISBN: 0807831913
ISBN: 9780807858769
ISBN: 0807858765
Physical Description: x, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
Copyright: ©2008

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The seeds of modern North Carolina politics / Thomas F. Eamon -- How southern is the old north state? : public opinion in North Carolina / Timothy Vercellotti -- The reshaping of the political party system in North Carolina / Charles Prysby -- Interest groups and lobbying in North Carolina : density, diversity, and regulation / Adam J. Newmark -- Mass media in North Carolina politics : watchdog mutes its bark / Ferrel Guillory -- North Carolina governors : from campaigning to governing / Jack D. Fleer -- The people's branch : reassessing the N.C. General Assembly / Christopher A. Cooper -- North Carolina's judicial system : the forgotten branch of government / Ruth Ann Strickland -- Conflict or cooperation? : local governments, intergovernmental relations, and federalism in North Carolina / Sean Hildebrand and James H. Svara -- Environmental politics in the Tar Heel state : an ambivalent legacy / Dennis O. Grady and Jonathan Kanipe -- Education in the Tar Heel state : public elementary, secondary, and higher education in North Carolina / Hunter Bacot -- Conclusion: Rethinking progressivism and governance in North Carolina / Christopher A. Cooper and H. Gibbs Knotts.