Berkeley Public Policy Press

The Berkeley Public Policy Press (BP3) is the publishing imprint of the Institute of Governmental Studies. BP3 publishes scholarly work on national, state, and local government, politics, public policy, and public administration. IGS authors include faculty, research associates, graduate students, visiting scholars, and colleagues in academic institutions around the world.

IGS publications are edited for a wide-ranging audience that includes academics, elected officials, journalists, and public administrators, as well as the general public. BP3 publishes original research, analysis, essays, and edited volumes.

Publications Staff

Ethan Rarick, Director of Publications, erarick [at] berkeley [dot] edu

Maria Wolf, Senior Editor, mariaw [at] berkeley [dot] edu

Contact us at igspress [at] berkeley [dot] edu

The United States and the Turmoil in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Ahmed Rashid
Publication Date: 
2012

Ahmed Rashid, as characterized by noted journalist Christopher Hitchens, is “Pakistan’s best and bravest reporter.” Rashid’s unique knowledge of this vast and complex region allows him a panoramic vision and nuance that no western writer can emulate. His book, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, first introduced American readers to the brutal regime that hijacked Afghanistan and harbored the terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks. In Descent into Chaos: The U.S.

More Votes That Count: A Case Study in Voter Mobilization

Robert Benedetti, editor
Publication Date: 
2012

This collection grew from the experience of a group of scholars at the University of the Pacific who were challenged by the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters to reduce voter error, improve poll worker-training, and increase voting by mail (absentee voting). The project was supported by funds from the help America Vote Act (HAVA), legislation passed in the wake of Florida's experience in the 2000 presidential election, and by the Pew Foundation for the States.

California Votes: The 2010 Governor's Race

Ethan Rarick, editor
Publication Date: 
2012

California voters went back to the future in 2010, picking Jerry Brown as their governor more than 35 years after they first elected him to the office. Brown's election to a third term capped an extraordinary career and life-son of a political dynasty, boy-wonder governor, three-time presidential candidate, volunteer for Mother Teresa, student of Zen Buddhism, radio talk-show host, big-city mayor, and then back to governor for another tenure, this time in his seventies.

The History and Success of American Generals

Thomas E. Ricks
Publication Date: 
2011

Thomas E. Ricks, a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) spent several days at UC Berkeley and delivered two lectures. One focused on the history and success of American generals and why they were more successful in World War II than in Korea, Vietnam, or Iraq/Afghanistan. The second was a case study of leadership through the actions of American General Oliver Prince Smith, who was one of the Marine Corps great generals of recent times. Also included are question and answer sessions with midshipmen and cadets.

Negotiation Alchemy: Global Skills Inspiring & Transforming Diverging Worlds

Nancy Erbe
Publication Date: 
2011

Negotiation Alchemy is the result of the author's work with cross ethnic process around the world for over two decades. To date, Professor Erbe's clients, colleagues and students come from about eighty countries, including several war-torn nations. The book presents several case study examples of success using the tools and skills of integrative negotiation and facilitative mediation within multicultural process.

When the Unconventional Becomes Conventional: Assessing Threats, Finding Solutions

Barbara K. Bodine
Publication Date: 
2010

Ambassador Barbara K. Bodine is a lecturer in public policy at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs where she teaches courses on the Iraq War and on U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East as it relates to the Persian Gulf region and Southwest Asia. She also serves as director of the school’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative, an innovative intern and fellowship program for students pursuing careers in federal service.

The People’s University: A History of the California State University

Donald R. Gerth
Publication Date: 
2010

Since its founding as a single institution in San Francisco in the years after the Gold Rush, the California State University has grown into a system of 23 campuses that enroll more than 450,000 students. The People’s University is the story of that extraordinary growth. Today, the California State University is the state’s 1,000-mile campus. Its programs reach every corner of the state, and its mission of access, affordability, and quality touches countless people of all ages.

California's Golden Years: When Government Worked and Why

William T. Bagley
Publication Date: 
2009

"Politics is personal," Bill Bagley likes to say, and here is a personal journey through the politics of America's most extraordinary state. California's Golden Years offers tales of cash-filled envelopes, all-night poker games, and all the free liquor a legislator could drink. But the stories and anecdotes offer more than mere fun - they illuminate a larger lesson learned during Bagley's 14 years in the California Legislature. Personal relationships are, in Bagley's view, the glue that ensures working relationships and pragmatic compromises.

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