Governing California
Subtitle: politics, government, and public policy in the golden state
By: Ethan Rarick, editor
Contributors: Cain, Bruce E.; Campbell, Andrea Louise, 1966-; Carrillo, David A.; Citrin, Jack; Cook, Corey; Decker, John; Douzet, Frédérick; Jurewitz, John L. (John Lawrence); Kogan, Vladimir, 1985-; Kousser, Thad, 1974-; Kurtz, Karl T., 1945-; Latterman, David; Levy, Morris E.; Lewis, Kristen; Loeb, Susanna; Masket, Seth E., 1969-; Mazmanian, Daniel A., 1945-; McGhee, Eric; Miller, Kenneth P. (Political scientist); Mullin, Megan, 1973-; Neiman, Max; Nelson, Hal Thomas; Plank, David Nathan, 1954-
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Berkeley Public Policy Press, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9780877724438
Subjects: Politics and government
Description: xiv, 435 pages : 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. California and Californians. 1. Well-Being in the Golden State: The Five Californias of the Human Development Index / Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis; title: 2. State of Change: Immigration Politics and the New Demography of California / Jack Citrin, Morris Levy, and Andrea Campbell; title: 3. California’s Political Geography: Coast vs. Inland and Increasingly Blue / Frédérick Douzet and Kenneth P. Miller; title: 4. Medium Blue: Partisan Politics and Ideological Polarization in California / Corey Cook and David Latterman; title: II. Politics in the Golden State. 5. Direct Democracy: The Initiative, Referendum, and Recall / Kenneth P. Miller; title: 6. Redistricting: Did Radical Reform Produce Different Results? /  Vladimir Kogan and Eric McGhee-7. Polarization Interrupted? California’s Experiment with the Top-Two Primary / Seth Masket; title: III. Governing the Golden State. 8. Goodbye to All That: Mending California’s Budget / John Decker; title: 9. Governors and the Executive Branch / Ethan Rarick; title: 10. The Legislature: Life under Term Limits / Thad Kousser, Bruce Cain, and Karl Kurtz; title: 11. Partisan Polarization and Policy Gridlock: Does One Lead to the Other? / Thad Kousser; title: 12. The California Judiciary / David A. Carrillo; title: 13. Local Government: Designing and Financing the Cities and Counties of California / Max Neiman; title: IV. Policy Challenges. 14. Education: Back from the Brink / David N. Plank and Susanna Loeb; title: 15. Water: A Case Study in Federalism / Megan Mullin; title: 16. Climate Change Policy: A Race to the Top / Daniel A. Mazmanian, Hal Nelson, and John Jurewitz; title: About the Authors.