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California Government By John L. Korey ( Houghton Mifflin Company )
Release Date: 2005-03-17
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Product Description
One of the most comprehensive and easy-to-use government texts available, California Government offers a balanced focus on the institutional and behavioral aspects of the state's political foundations. Not only does this text fulfill the state politics requirement of the Cal State University system, but its comparative perspective and attention to issues of ethnicity make it a valuable complement to any general government text. Pedagogical features include a glossary of terms specific to the state of California, chapter-opening epigrams, and an extensive Notes section at the end of the text. - Coverage of the November 2004 California elections and analysis of the recall of state and local officials in 2003 are discussed in Chapters 2 and 9 respectively.
- Declining resident voter turnout is examined in Chapter 5, and material on voting alignments within the state supreme court and the criminal justice system appears in Chapter 8.
- Native American tribes and their significant new role in state politics is discussed in Chapter 9.
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Excellent, Factual, and Detailed ( unraveler )
This is a well-presented, comprehensive account of California government. I use the latest edition of the book in my American Politics class. This book has a wealth of details that are relevant in our politics and society, as well as easy to find and understand. Have you ever wanted to know exactly how many state-wide officials are elected in California and who they are? You will find the answer in this book. What is the structure of the judiciary and how has it been reformed since 1998, when the voters passed the initiative that streamlined the system? The answer is here. I like this book and recommend it to undergraduate students who study California politics and professors who teach the subject on the undegraduate level. By the way, I mean "students" in the most general sense. Even if you are not in college but want to really know more about California politics rather than read a bombastic, sensationalist account of current events, pick up this book.
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