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Author Gerston, Larry N

Title Recall! : California's political earthquake / Larry N. Gersten and Terry Christensen
Published Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 187 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Part 1. The politics of recall. The California Republic : more like a nation than a state -- Elements of a perfect storm -- Part 2. The shaping of the battle. The legislature : gridlock defined -- Governor Gray Davis : triumph, decline, denial -- Qualifying for the ballot : right-wing conspiracy or convergence of interests? Part 3. The campaign. The 75-day sprint -- The issues -- Interest groups : taking sides -- The campaigns and the media : whose election is it anyway? -- Part 4. The outcome. Davis loses the recall battle -- Recall and political stability in California : can they coexist? -- Epilogue -- Appendix A : Recall timeline -- Appendix B : The 2003 recall election and California politics on the internet
Summary Over the years, California has had more than its share of political turmoil. But for pure melodrama, nothing matches the 2003 campaign to recall the state's sitting governor, Gray Davis. "Recall!" relates the latest and most dramatic chapter in the political history of the Golden State
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-180) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Davis, Gray, 1942-
SUBJECT Davis, Gray, 1942- fast
Davis, Gray, 1942- rasuqam
Subject Governors -- California -- Election -- Case studies
Elections -- California -- Case studies
Recall -- California -- Case studies
Political campaigns -- California -- Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Elections
Governors -- Election
Political campaigns
Politics and government
Recall
2003.
Élection.
Gouverneur américain.
SUBJECT California -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018891
Subject California
Californie (État)
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Christensen, Terry
ISBN 9781317461333
1317461339
9781003063667
1003063667
9781315701264
131570126X
Other Titles California's political earthquake