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| Preface | |
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| California's Crossroads | |
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| The Lure of the California Dream | |
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| Before Statehood: Pre-1848 History | |
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| Statehood | |
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| The Progressive Movement | |
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| The California Boom | |
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| The Politics of Experience: From Earl Warren to Ronald Reagan | |
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| The Era of Conservative Politics: From Ronald Reagan to Gray Davis | |
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| A Final Word | |
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| Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| California at the New Millennium--the Public Policy Challenges | |
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| Energy Crisis | |
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| Education: The Governor's Initial Top Priority | |
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| The Environment: Balancing Growth and Preservation | |
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| Crime and the Justice System | |
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| Health and Welfare | |
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| Remaining Challenges | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| Political Parties and Interest Group Politics | |
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| Political Parties in California | |
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| California Interest Groups | |
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| Parties and Interest Groups in California | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Electoral Process, Money, the Media, and the Internet | |
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| Electoral Process in California | |
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| Voting in California | |
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| The Shrinking and Shifting Electorate | |
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| Money and Winning: Two Factors That Go Together | |
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| The Media: Informative or Provocative? | |
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| Elections, Media, Money and the Internet | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| Paying for What California Cares About--Budget Receipts and Expenditures | |
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| California's Money | |
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| The State Budget Process | |
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| Proposition 13 | |
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| City and County Finances | |
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| Impact of Internet-Based E-Commerce Activities | |
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| Budgeting in the Future | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Executive Branch | |
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| The Plural Characteristics of the Executive Branch | |
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| The Governor | |
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| Other State Constitutional Officers | |
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| The State Bureaucracy and Efforts to Reform It | |
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| The Bureaucracy: Rules, Regulations, Policies, and Procedures | |
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| A Final Word | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Legislature | |
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| The Legislature Suffers an Image Problem | |
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| The Legislature: Its Structure and Characteristics | |
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| Three Types of Legislation | |
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| How a Bill Becomes a Law | |
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| Efforts to Reform the Legislature | |
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| A Final Word | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Judiciary | |
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| Role of the Courts | |
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| The Court System | |
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| Jury Selection | |
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| Appointment, Election, and Removal of Judges | |
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| Oversight of the Judicial System | |
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| Problems with the Court System | |
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| A Final Word | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| California's Local Units of Government | |
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| Types of Local Government Units and Their Organization | |
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| Other Types of Local Arrangements | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |