July Tue, 2018
Standing on Principle: Lessons Learned in Public Life
This political memoir tells the remarkable story of how Florio, a high school dropout who left to join the Navy as a teenager, went on to become an attorney, a state assemblyman, a congressman, and a governor. This book was published in coordination with the Rutgers University Press.
July Mon, 2017
New Jersey Governors and State Finance
Few issues facing the State of New Jersey are as important—or as challenging—as those concerning its fiscal future. With decisions and, arguably, crises looming in the areas of school funding, tax policy, pension obligations, and budget deficits, the state’s leaders in the coming years will face critical and complex questions.
July Sun, 2016
Taking Chances: The Coast after Hurricane Sandy
“Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging exploration of the diverse challenges of Sandy and asks if this massive event will really change how coastal living and development is managed. .” Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling director Ashley Koning co-authored the fourth chapter in the book, titled, “Polling Post-Hurricane Sandy: The Transformative Personal and Political Impact of the Hurricane in New Jersey”
May Wed, 2015
Electing Women of Color: The Role of Campaign Trainings
Campaign trainings have proliferated in recent years and seem to play a disproportionate role in women’s election to office. By examining perceptions of the barriers facing women of color and by identifying the mechanisms by which the New Jersey Ready to Run® Diversity Initiative, a program of the Center for American Women and Politics, seek to help women, this article sheds light on the status of women candidates of color and the role of campaign trainings more generally.