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After the Tax Revolt: California’s Proposition 13 Turns Thirty
Jack Citrin and Isaac William Martin, editors | $24.95
California's Proposition 13 changed the political landscape in 1978, when it was approved by the state's voters. A strict limit on property taxes, Prop. 13 ushered in a national era of tax revolt. But 30 years after its passage, how has Prop. 13 changed California? What has been the effect on public services? On taxpayers? On local and state government? This collection of essays attempts to assess one of California's political milestones three decades after its adoption.
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Racial and Ethnic Politics in California: Continuity and Change (Volume 3)
Bruce E. Cain and Sandra Bass, editors | $24.95
California enjoys a rich diversity unknown to almost any other society. By 2000, it had become the first large state with a majority of nonwhite residents, and in recent years that level of diversity has only grown. How does such a wide array of races and ethnicities affect California politics. This volume, the third in a series of books addressing California's racial and ethnic makeup, examines some of the most important issues springing from California's demographics. As similar diversity spreads to the rest of the nation, the lessons of these essays will play an ever greater role for all of America.
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The New Political Geography of California
Frédérick Douzet, Thad Kousser, and Kenneth P. Miller, editors | $24.95
For decades, Californians thought of their state as two distinct regions: north and south. From water policy to the dueling metropolises of Los Angeles and San Francisco to the baseball rivalry of the Dodgers and the Giants, California seemed divded clearly in two by a line of latitude. But as this groundbreaking new volume shows, the greater divide now exists between east and west, between the coastal regions and the inland valleys. That is only one of the important geographic lessons affecting California politics today, and this book uses new research and thinking to analyze the interplay of geography and politics.
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