Publications

New Releases State and Local Government/ California Government, Politics and Public Policy American Government, Politics, and Public Policy

Higher Education/Law History/Biography History of the University of California Urban Studies /Regional Planning

Canadian Studies and Federalism Policy Issues IGS Classics of Political Science Campaign Finance

NEW RELEASES

Presidential Elections: Strategies and Structures of American Politics, 10th edition Nelson W. Polsby and Aaron Wildavsky, 340 pages, $24.95, ISBN 1-889119-26-1, Book #NEL9261 "With the exception of V.O. Key's Politics, Parties and Pressure Groups, it is difficult to think of any other book in the history of American political science that has gone through so many new editions over such an extended time span and with such consistently high quality. What still sets this book apart from its competitors is its sense of perspective: about how day-to-day strategic decisions are affected by the institutional environment, about how the dynamics of presidential elections fit into the larger picture of American national government." --William G. Mayer, editor of In Pursuit of the White House 2000

Making Government Work: California Cases in Policy, Politics, and Public Management
Barry Keene, ed., 2000, 210 pages, $21.95, ISBN 0-87772-396-6, Book #3966

Shaping public policy in a huge, diverse state like California is seldom easy. Having secured institutional authority, whether by election or appointment, those who hold political power quickly find they can rarely wield it without restraint. There are rival powerholders to be won over, opposing arguments to be refuted, nagging doubts to be allayed, wavering allies to be reassured.

Making Government Work is designed to help people reach their public policy goals by thinking and acting politically. We are convinced that the political skills essential to making good public policy can be taught. The cases presented here are like political fables. They are stories with a lesson. And they can help people acquire the skills and techniques that are essential to making government work.

This book is the result of a unique collaboration between the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC-Berkeley and the Center for California State Studies at California State University, Sacramento. All the cases in this second edition are new.

IGS Materials on Teaching with Cases (zipped WordPerfect 9 file, or right-click and use "Save Link as..." to save a plain Wordperfect file to your computer)

Speaking Freely: A Scholar's Memoir of Experience in the University of California Angus E. Taylor, 2000, 227 pages, ISBN 0-87772-393-1, Book #3931, $21.95 Over a long and distinguished career at the University of California, Angus Ellis Taylor taught mathematics at UCLA, was vice president for academic affairs under three presidents, and served as chancellor of the university's Santa Cruz campus. A brilliant scholar and teacher, Taylor was also a gifted administrator. His story, told warmly and well here, involves some of the most difficult and tumultuous years in the life of a great university.

Roses from the Ashes: Breakup and Rebirth in Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Athletics

Glenn T. Seaborg with Ray Colvig, with foreward by Clark Kerr, 2000, 422 pp, ISBN 0-87772-394-X, $25

Roses from the Ashes is the story behind the rise and fall of college sports on the Pacific Coast. It was an era of colorful characters--Pappy Waldorf, Red Sanders, Johnny O and the McKeever boys--and clashing values. Glenn Seaborg had an inside view of it all. Here's the true story of the scandals that tore the Pacific Coast Conference apart--and the birth of the Pac-10--the Conference of Champions.