The California Republic

Brian P. Janiskee; Ken Masugi

doi:10.5771/9780742572379

Summary

Even before its budget crisis and recall election, California held a unique position in the United States. Often lauded as having the fifth largest economy in the world, California leads the nation in other measures as well, particularly cultural and political trends. But were it an independent state, it would have one of the world's most unusual democracies. In The California Republic Brian P. Janiskee and Ken Masugi bring together a diverse group of contributors to shed light on the Progressive nature of California government. In addition to thorough treatment of perennial issues like affirmative action, gun control, and education, the work goes outside the conventional understanding of political issues to examine such topics as the Hollywood western, the electronic media, and California's revolutionary founding. Accordingly, the contributors include not only political scientists and historians, but journalists and political activists as well. The result is a clear exploration of the evolution of Progressive government in California and its contemporary policy consequences.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2003
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7425-3251-9
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7425-7237-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 369
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Introduction: Republican Government in California Brian P. Janiskee and Ken Masugi No access
1. Popular Sovereignty, the Right of Revolution, and California Statehood Herman Belz No access
2. Nature and Convention in the Creation of the 1849 California Constitution Gordon Lloyd No access
3. California and the Seventeenth Amendment Ralph A. Rossum No access
4. Californians and Their Constitution: Progressivism, Direct Democracy, and the Administrative State Edward J. Erler No access
1. Broken Promise: The Rise and Fall of the California Legislature Dan Walters No access
2. No Allegiance but to the State: California Governors Hiram Johnson and Gray Davis Brian T. Kennedy No access
3. The Progressive Court Harold Johnson No access
4. The Elections of 2002: Clear-Cut or Ambiguous? Richard H. Reeb Jr. No access
1. The Problem of Local Government in California Brian P. Janiskee No access
2. Local Government Finance in California Steven B. Frates No access
3. The California Tax Revolt Jon Coupal No access
1. Armageddon in the West: California's Hiram Johnson Scot J. Zentner No access
2. Nixon, California, and American Politics John J. Pitney Jr. No access
3. Ronald Reagan and the Transformation of Modern California Steven F. Hayward No access
1. Affirmative Action and Proposition 209 Ward Connerly No access
2. Western Justice: John Ford and Sam Peckinpah on the Defense of the Heroic John Marini No access
3. California Farming in a Classical Context Victor Davis Hanson No access
4. The Politics of California Public Education Larry Peterman No access
5. The Least Secure Right: Privately Owned Firearms in California Daniel C. Palm No access
6. California's Political Mass Media Richard H. Reeb Jr. No access
7. An EPIC Legacy Stephen Schwartz No access
8. Water, Water Everywhere and Nary a Drop to Drink Ric Williams No access
Bibliography No access Pages 333 - 348
Index No access Pages 349 - 364
About the Contributors No access Pages 365 - 369