California politics : a primer /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Vechten, Renée
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE/CQ Press, [2012]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Critical junctures: California's political history in brief
  • Direct democracy
  • The state legislature
  • The executive branch
  • The court system
  • Other governments
  • The California budget process
  • Political parties, elections, and campaigns
  • Political engagement
  • Concluding thoughts: political paradoxes and governability.