CHAPTER 1
THE THREE STATES OF CALIFORNIA: AN INTRODUCTION
Urban California, Urban Peripheries, and Rural California
FEATURED READING: Notes from a Native Daughter by Joan Didion
CHAPTER 2
CALIFORNIA’S POLITICAL HISTORY
The Progressive Movement’s Legacy
FEATURED READING: La Placita by Ruben Martinez
CHAPTER 3
POLITICAL CULTURE AND POLITICS IN POSTWAR CALIFORNIA
FEATURED READING: A Supermarket in California by Allen Ginsberg
Jesse Unruh’s “Hard” Liberalism
Conservatism Meets Populism: The Reagan Revolution
The Politics of Divided Government
California Politics in the Twenty-First Century
Political Culture and Politics in Postwar California
CHAPTER 4
PEOPLE, DIVERSITY, AND CULTURE
FEATURED READING: A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki
Fear and Loathing in California’s Changing Population
California Civil Rights Initiative
Monterey Park: A Case Study in Diversity
CHAPTER 5
CALIFORNIA’S POLITICAL ECONOMY
California and the U.S. Economy
The Crisis Hits Suburbia: Municipal Bankruptcy in Orange County
The Return to Business-As-Usual
FEATURED READING: Rancho de Los Arcos by Jocelyn Lippert
CHAPTER 6
CALIFORNIA’S CONSTITUTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
The Superintendent of Public Instruction
FEATURED READING: The Un-California by Daniel Weintraub
CHAPTER 7
CALIFORNIA’S LEGISLATURE
The Human Side of the Legislature
Legislative Organization and Procedures
The Commission on Judicial Performance
The Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation
The Commission on Judicial Appointments
FEATURED READING: Women on the California Court: Ideological Diversity in Action by Lori Cox Han
CHAPTER 9
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
California in National Politics
California’s Congressional Delegation
California’s Representatives: Bringing Home the Bacon?
Regional Governments and Agencies
The Future of State–Local Relations
Federalism Today:Welfare Reform as a Case Study
FEATURED READING: California Split by Gar Alperovitz
Policy Outputs: California’s Budget as a Case Study
FEATURED READING: Travels with Arnold by Gary Delsohn and Margaret Talev
CHAPTER 11
NON-INSTITUTIONAL PLAYERS: THE MEDIA, POLITICAL PARTIES, AND INTEREST GROUPS
Media Effects and the Vulnerability of Political Attitudes
The Media and Governmental Politics in California
The Media and Electoral Politics in California
Political Parties in California
The Role of Parties in California Politics
Interest Groups and Electoral Politics
FEATURED READING: Term Limits Add Up to Brain Drain by Jordan Rau
CHAPTER 12
THE ELECTORATE AS PLAYERS: ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
The Business of Direct Democracy
The Rise of Independent Voters
The Disappearing California Voter
Demographics and Voter Turnout
Implications of Unequal Participation
California’s Public K–12 Institutions
California’s Public Colleges and Universities
Richmond Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District
FEATURED READING: The Zip Code Route into UC by Susan E. Brown
CHAPTER 14
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY POLICY
Bay Area Water Quality: A Statewide Barometer
FEATURED READING: The Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology by Barry Commoner
Immigration in California’s History
Back to the Future: Proposition 187 and Beyond
Proposition 187: A Defining Moment in Time
The 1994 Vote and the Issue of Illegal Immigration
FEATURED READING: A Nation of Laws and Immigrants by George W. Bush
CHAPTER 16
CIVIL RIGHTS POLICY
Civil Rights Policy in California
Ending Discrimination Through Affirmative Action
Proposition 209: The California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI)
From Proposition 209 to the Present
Beyond Race: The Quest for Gender and Sexual Orientation Parity in California
Women and Equal Rights in California
The Long March Toward GLBT Equal and Civil Rights
Contemporary GLBT Developments in California
FEATURED READING: Shame by Tom Brokaw
Appendix: Korematsu v. United States (1944)
CHAPTER 17
RETHINKING CALIFORNIA
FEATURED READING: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
APPENDIX A
CALIFORNIA’S COUNTIES