Giving readers the right level of detail, yet underscoring the essentials for understanding how the states political system works, author Renee Van Vechten delivers on the basics. Concise chapters offer up nuts-and-bolts information while showing how a unique set of rules and a rich political history are key to getting a handle on the Golden state. Photos, cartoons, maps, tables, and figures help to make this supplement a go-to resource.
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Renée B. Van Vechten is assistant professor of political science at the University of Redlands, where she teaches courses primarily in American Government and California Politics. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Irvine. In 2002-03, she was a Kevin Starr Fellow in California Studies, and in 2008, was honored with the American Political Science Association's only national teaching award, the Rowman and Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science. A lifelong resident of Southern California, she has spent the better part of her graduate and professional life studying, writing, and lecturing about California institutions.
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This concise treatment of California government and politics matched what I needed: something short, clear, sensibly organized, informative, and nonpartisan. Charts, columns, and diagrams help the reader visualize relationships between topics.
The author's even-handed account begins with an introduction to the topic, then unfolds a very brief history of state politics, an overview of direct democracy (initiative, referendum, recall, etc.), the branches of government, local and regional governments, a short chapter on California's (broken) budget process, a piece on political campaigns in CA, and some "Concluding Thoughts" about current paradoxes and future challenges. There are also bits and pieces about the particularly Californian flavor of politics, such as a relatively weak emphasis on political parties (20% of voting Californians "Decline to State" party affiliation) combined, if paradoxically, with strong polarization, as when the Assembly's symbolic rejection of Prop 8, which made it illegal for gays to marry in California, included not a single Republican voice. I also like the author's eye for metaphor, whether speaking of political "earthquakes" or of our political future as being "at the edge," like the shape of California's coastline.
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