CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. CHAPTER 1. ABOUT NEW ENGLAND: AN INTRODUCTION 1
5. CHAPTER 2. VERMONT: POLITICAL PARADOX 8
6. CHAPTER 3. NEW HAMPSHIRE POLITICS: TRIUMPH OF CONSERVATISM 46
7. CHAPTER 4. MAINE: PINE, POWER, AND POLITICS 79
8. CHAPTER 5. MASSACHUSETTS: THE STANDING ORDER UNDER ATTACK 119
9. CHAPTER 6. LAWMAKING IN MASSACHUSETTS: TRADITIONAL POMP AND POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCE 148
10. CHAPTER 7. RHODE ISLAND: ONE-PARTY FACADE AND TWO-PARTY REALITY? 172
11. CHAPTER 8. RHODE ISLAND: POLITICS ON THE SEAMY SIDE 209
12. CHAPTER 9. CONNECTICUT: THE POLITICS OF COMPETITION 228
13. CHAPTER 10. CONNECTICUT: LEGISLATIVE POLITICS AND PARTY COMPETITION 270
14. CHAPTER 11. ETHNIC ELEMENTS IN NEW ENGLAND POLITICS 305
15. CHAPTER 12. PUBLIC POLICY-MAKING AND POLITICAL PARTIES IN NEW ENGLAND 320
16. INDEX 341