California Government and Politics Today

California Government and Politics Today
Author: Mona Field
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1998-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780321005113

This lively text offers a unique approach to California government that blends political data with economic, cultural, and demographic trends, and analyzes the link between the economy and the political process. "California Government and Politics Today" is written by a college professor who is also an elected official in California, offering a unique insider' s view that will engage and inform students. This completely updated new edition encourages political activism and the development of the reader' s own unique political views.

Legislating Without Experience

Legislating Without Experience
Author: Christopher Z. Mooney
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2007
Genre: Legislation
ISBN: 9780739111451

Legislating Without Experience provides an in-depth analysis of individual states experiencing state legislative term limits as well as apples-to-apples comparisons with states that are untermed. It is a valuable description of the legislative process in each state and a quasi-experimental study of term limits.

Environmental Deceptions

Environmental Deceptions
Author: Matthew Alan Cahn
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1994-12-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0791498263

Environmental Deceptions brings together normative analysis and empirical data to explain the structural limitations liberal society places on environmental improvement. Whereas liberal society is predicated on individual self-interest, environmental legislation is predicated on communal regulation of individual property rights. Cahn's aim is to expose the tensions between American political culture and environmental regulation in an effort to make environmental policy discourse more effective. By analyzing such areas as air policy, water policy, waste policy, and energy policy, he exposes the subtle tensions that often lead to failure and explains why traditional models of environmental legislation are insufficient to resolve existing environmental dilemmas.