Racial and Ethnic Politics in California, volume two, examines the ways in which California's accelerating demographic changes are remaking the political map. These essays trace the emerging racial and ethnic faultline that hint at major political shifts to come.

Racial and Ethnic Politics in California, vol. 2 (Racial & Ethnic Politics in California)

Politics & Social Sciences

Michael B. Preston

Politics & Government

Institute of Governmental Studies Press

California's Constitutional Revision Commission assembled the state's leading scholars to investigate how the structure of the constitution affects state and local government. Their proposals for far-reaching and innovative reform incorporate ideas from across the political spectrum and form a benchmark for future debate about California governance.

Constitutional Reform in California: Making State Government More Effective and Responsive

History

Bruce E. Cain

Roger G. Noll

Americas

This collection brings together the insights of a wide range of writers who examine Pakistan's development in its varied yet interconnected spheres since its creation in 1947. Topics covered include the arts and drama as they try to survive alongside a sharp trend towards Islamic fundamentalism, schools as they attempt to meet the demand of an ever increasing population, and democracy as it struggles to establish itself in a country prone to military dictatorship.

Consequences of Party Reform

Nelson W. Polsby

Polsby, Nelson, W.

Strategy, Ethics, and the War on Terrorism

Albert C. Pierce

Despite California's Mexican origins, the Mexican/Latino presence represented no more than three percent of the state's population at the beginning of the 20th century. While this presence grew slowly but steadily during the state's postwar population boom, in the last three decades of the 20th century Latinos emerged as the most dynamic sector of the state's population. In the 1990s Latinos accounted for 85 percent of all population growth in the state. Currently Latinos are one-third of the population and the largest ethnic group among the state's school children. If these demographic trends continue, Latinos will become the absolute majority of the state's population before the middle of this century. California's future is inextricably intertwined with the fate of its burgeoning Latino population. Despite their growing social and political presence, Latinos as a whole still constitute less than 20 percent of the electorate, possess a smaller share of wealth relative to other groups, and lag significantly behind other groups in educational attainment. These disparities are likely to persist into the foreseeable future and to frame statewide policy debates on opportunity and access. The UC Latino Policy Institute commissioned this volume to examine the effects of the growing Latino population on the state's policy agenda. In a series of 11 topical chapters, contributors from a variety of disciplines review the status of California Latinos in areas such as education, health-care access, housing, the criminal justice system, economic opportunity, and political participation. The authors recommend policy approaches to enhance opportunities, improve service delivery, and make best or more efficient use of public resources. The UC Latino Policy Institute is administered by the California Policy Research Center, University of California Office of the President, and receives funding from the University of California Committee on Latino Research.

Latinos and Public Policy in California: An Agenda for Opportunity

David López

Candidates don't have to sling mud to win. This state-of-the-art guide combines the latest research on voter attitudes from UC-Berkeley's Center for Campaign Leadership with advice from leading campaign strategists on how to run clean, honest, effective campaigns for public office in California. Rather than echo the conventional wisdom that negative campaigning works, this guide shows candidates how to plan a campaign, build an effective organization, develop and deliver a clear and compelling message, and mobilize voters on election day -- all in a way that promotes public trust in both the candidates and the offices they seek.

Win the Right Way: How to Run Effective Local Campaigns in California

Christine Trost

Matt Grossman

Diversity and change are hallmarks of California political life, and the changes often chart new paths for other states to follow. California blazed a trail to direct democracy, personal politics, disdain for parties, professional campaign consultants, huge campaign budgets, and modern media techniques. This book explains how this diverse, entrepreneurial, and individualistic collection of people functions politically, how its most important institutions of government operate, and how it makes public policy. There are surprisingly few good books on California politics and government. Our goal is to give students and interested observers of state politics and government an analytical and interpretive overview of the machinery of state government, the pivotal issues that dominate political discourse, and the primary interest groups that play off one another in the ebb and flow of political life. Chapters include The Changing Legislative Landscape, by Patrick Johnston, Resolving Differences and Crafting Compromise: Creating a Budget for California, by John Decker, California: A Professional Legislature after Term Limits, by Bruce Cain, Thad Kousser, and Karl Kurtz, The Governor: Managing a Mega-State, by John Jacobs and A.G. Block, The Courts, by Preble Stolz, Jerry Uelmen, and Susan Rasky, Cities, Counties, and the State, by Revan Tranter, Direct Democracy: Initiative, Referendum, and Recall, by Eugene C. Lee, Redistricting: California 1971-2001, by J. Morgan Kousser, Do Debates Matter? The 2003 Gubernatorial Debates, by Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Darshan Goux, Immigration, by Jack Citrin and Andrea Campbell, Water in California: A Case Study in Federalism, by Megan Mullin

Governing California: Politics, Government, And Public Policy in the Golden State

In November of 2005, California voters were ready to terminate Arnold Schwarzenegger as a politician. The state was headed in the wrong direction, they told pollsters, and they didn't want to re-elect their Hollywood governor. The two most likely Democratic challengers held leads over Schwarzenegger, who had just endured a terrible thrashing in a special election he had called. Voters rejected all four ballot measures the governor supported. After less than two years in office, it seemed that the political career of Arnold Schwarzenegger was an experiment gone wrong.Yet just a year later, Schwarzenegger swept to victory, carrying 52 of the state's 58 counties and winning re-election by more than a million-and-a-half votes.Here is the story of that dramatic turnaround, told mostly in the words of California's top political insiders. We learn about the strategies and ideas behind Schwarzenegger's rejuvenation, but also about the two Democrats who sought to take his job: Treasurer Phil Angelides and Controller Steve Westly. In separate chapters, some of California's leading political scholars dissect the underlying political structure of the state, while top pollsters describe the mood of the voters before, during and after the campaign.California is home to one out of every eight Americans, and California gubernatorial campaigns are the nation's second most important and dynamic political races, behind only those for the presidency. Add to that the global celebrity of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and it has become essential that anyone who wants to understand American politics must understand California politics. Here is an insider's peek into that world, direct from the men and women who made the decisions that affected the outcome of one of the most-watched American political campaigns in years.

California Votes: The 2006 Governor's Race

Ethan Rarick

California often leads the nation forward. From the tax revolts of the 1970s to the digital revolution of the 1990s, America's largest state has become the proving ground of the national future. Today, California is again showing the way, this time toward a rich diversity that is already spreading to the rest of the nation. By 2000, California had become the first large state to have a majority of nonwhite residents. Texas has since followed, and today a variety of states across the nation are approaching that benchmark: Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New York. How does California's extraordinary diversity affect its politics? The essays collected in this volume examine many of the crucial issues that spring from California's changing demographics. What are the fundamental trends underlying the changes? How is a changing population affecting political behavior and participation? What is the interplay between increasing minority communities and California's cherished initiative process? What about the impact on organized labor? These questions and others are examined by many of the state's leading scholars in Racial and Ethnic Politics in California: Continuity and Change. The lessons learned are important not only in the Golden State. Almost one in every eight Americans now lives in California; such sheer demographic bulk ensures that the state cannot be ignored. As editors Bruce Cain and Sandra Bass note in their introduction, The demographic die has been cast. Extraordinary diversity is the coming reality. This important book helps us to understand the political impacts and realities of that change, both in the laboratory of tomorrow California and across the United States.

Racial and Ethnic Politics in California: Continuity and Change, vol. 3

Sandra Bass

A New Examination of the Legacy of a California Political Milestone 
In 1978 California voters shocked the political world by approving Proposition 13, a strict limit on local property tax rates. No state had ever approved such a far-reaching constitutional limitation of the power to tax. And Californians did not just approve it; they embraced it, rejecting dire warnings of doomsday from the state's political, business, and academic leaders. Voter turnout was the highest recorded for any off-year election in the history of California and the tax cut won in a landslide, with 65 percent of the vote. Thirty years later, Proposition 13 remains firmly entrenched in California's constitution, but what has it meant for politics and public policy in the state? 
On June 6, 2008, the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of Proposition 13, a group of scholars, journalists and policy experts gathered to assess the legacy of this groundbreaking measure. Their mandate was a simple one: assess what we have learned about the political, economic, and fiscal consequences of Proposition 13 over the last 30 years. 
After the Tax Revolt: California's Proposition 13 Turns 30 is a result of that conference, and an attempt to summarize the state of our knowledge about the consequences of this critical event in the history of California and the United States. This collection of essays constitutes a cutting-edge and timely review of one of the most important reforms in California history, and will be crucial for anyone trying to gain a full understanding of politics and policy in the Golden State.

After the Tax Revolt: California's Proposition 13 Turns 30

Isaac William Martin

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