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Failed state : dysfunction and corruption in an American statehouse / Seymour P. Lachman, with Robert Polner.
Van Pelt Library JK3474.7 .L32 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lachman, Seymour, author.
- Polner, Rob, author.
- Series:
- Excelsior editions
- Excelsior Editions
- Standardized Title:
- Three men in a room
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New York (State). Legislature--Ethics.
- New York (State).
- New York (State). Legislature.
- Political corruption--New York (State).
- Political corruption.
- Power (Social sciences)--New York (State).
- Power (Social sciences).
- Ethics.
- New York (State)--Politics and government--1951-.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- x, 260 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : Excelsior Editions, an imprint of State University of New York Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 When Poetry Met Prose 1
- Chapter 2 Son of Immigrant Parents 25
- Chapter 3 A Can of Worms 33
- Chapter 4 Like a Meeting of the Supreme Soviet 57
- Chapter 5 In a Lofty Place 87
- Chapter 6 The Great Gerrymander 113
- Chapter 7 Lobbyists and Legislators Gone Wild 123
- Chapter 8 The Overcoat Development Corporation 149
- Chapter 9 Other People's Money 169
- Chapter 10 The Road to Reforming a Failed State 185.
- Notes:
- "THREE MEN IN A ROOM Revised and Updated."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438465739
- 1438465734
- OCLC:
- 953823604
- Publisher Number:
- 99971628863
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