Table of Contents

Foreword
Richard P. Nathan

Acknowledgments

Part I. The Lure of the Constitutional Convention

1. Introduction: The Scope of the Study
2. Why Study the Convention--And How

Part II. The Road to the '67 Convention

3. The Call of the Convention
4. The Delegates: Their Nomination and Election
5. Preparing for the Convention
6. Open for Business

Part III. The Convention at Work: Drafting the Charter

7. Procedure at the Convention
8. The Structure of Government
9. The Fight Over "Blaine"
10. Rights and Resources
11. City and State
12. The Judiciary, Again
13. United Parcel or Piecemeal: Presenting the New Constitution

Part IV. What Happened?

14. The Ratification Campaign
15. Patterns of Conflict and Cohesion
16. A Magnificent Failure

Appendix: Delegates to the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

The author of this book on the 1967 convention is Henrik N. Dullea, vice-president for university relations at Cornell University. He is a graduate of Cornell and received his Ph.D. degree in political science from the Maxwell Graduate School of Syracuse University. From 1983 to 1991, Dullea was director of state operations and policy management for Governor Mario M. Cuomo, responsible for the day-to-day activities of New York State's departments and agencies.