{"product_id":"california-politics-and-history-paperback","title":"California: Politics and History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRodgir Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalifornia is the world's fifth-largest economy, the most demographically diverse major state in the United States, and the site of the most contested governance experiments in American democracy - a state that cannot house its workers, cannot resolve its water crisis, and cannot be certain that its fifty-year climate authority will survive its current federal legal challenge. \u003cem\u003eCalifornia Government \u003c\/em\u003etraces this state's governance from pre-contact Indigenous civilization and the railroad monopoly era through the Progressive institutions that still define its political architecture, and arrives at the urgent crises of 2026 - a housing shortage built by institutional design, a water system overtaken by climate change, a vehicle emission program under federal legal attack, a sanctuary state in direct conflict with Washington, and an electoral system whose one-party dominance raises questions about democratic accountability no reform has yet resolved. Current through March 2026, this is the textbook California governance deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 374\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53425848647987,"sku":"9781988557595","price":66.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/9T6WN3bHti9781988557595.webp?v=1780524435","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/california-politics-and-history-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}