Book Reviews : California Government and Politics, 5th ed. By WINSTON W. CROUCH, JOHN C. BOLLENS, and STANLEY SCOTT. (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1972. Pp. 232. $2.95.) Governments of the United States and of California, 3d ed. By JOHN A. DE LA HAYE, HELMUT BADER, JOHN P. CARNEY, and EDGAR F. LOVE. (Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown, 1972. Pp. 390. $5.50. Workbook: Pp. 146. $3.95.)
| Date | 01 December 1972 |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591297202500428 |
| Published date | 01 December 1972 |
| Author | Elizabeth F. Moulds |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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will
be
possible
to
pinpoint
future
trends,
compare
common
problems,
share
inno-
vative
solutions,
and,
in
general,
provide
the
basis
for
a
deeper
understanding
of
the
urban
system
in
contemporary
America.&dquo;
The
reader
will
relate
what
he
finds
on
these
pages
to
the
urban
system (s)
with
which
he
has
most
familiarity,
but
the
high
objectives
stated
by
Gittell
will
be
more
difficult
to
achieve.
Perhaps
several
composite
volumes
at
the
series’
conclusion
extracting
the
more
significant
data
while
leaving
the
detailed
accounts
as
back-up
in
the
individual
volumes,
would
make
it
possible
to
move
in
the
direction
of
her
stated
objectives.
Several
areas
of
commonality
that
may
well
lend
themselves
to
such
treatment
in-
clude :
the
inner
city
and
its
relationship
to
the
metropolitan
area
and
to
the
state;
the
city
v.
HUD
in
housing
the
urban
poor;
the
citizen
contends
with
OEO/city
hall/model
cities;
fiscal
survival
of
the
inner
city;
and
power
structures
and
struggles.
Not
fully
explained
is
how
the
Department
of
City
Development
functions,
when
we
read
that
the
Housing
Authority,
Redevelopment
Authority,
and
Plan
Commission
functions
were
combined
but
that
&dquo;each
of
the
three
commissions
was
retained
with
its
formal
powers
unchanged.&dquo;
Later
we
are
told
that
the
move
&dquo;...
resulted
in
the
shifting
of
power
from
the
three
boards
to
the
department
head,
who
was
more
vulnerable
to
the
direct
control
of
the
Mayor.&dquo;
But
also
that
the
Mayor
has
had
difficulty
getting
his
choice
approved
by
the
Council.
A
minor
point
of
confusion
results
from
the
authors’
mention
of
the
ghetto
and
68
percent
of
its
90,000
residents
who
are
black.
This
statement
is
followed
by
a
discussion
of~ the
larger
(but
inclusive,
according
to
footnote)
&dquo;ghetto
space,&dquo;
of
which
only
20
percent
of
217,000
population
are
non-white.
The
Appendices
are
useful
and
presumably
will
be
followed,
in
format,
by
the
other
volumes
in
the
series.
The
chapters
are
well
documented,
although
some
may
find
the
reliance
upon
the
local
press
as
a
source
a
bit
excessive.
Two
final
comments
about
the
book.
Mayor
Maier
plays
such
a
strong
role
in
virtually
everything
that
happened
or
did
not
happen
-
that
comparability
may
prove
to
be
limited.
Conversely,
standing
alone,
Milwaukee
is
a
well-done
local
study
that
may
achieve
broader
significance
and
interest
as
the
series
progresses.
LYNDON
R.
MUSOLF
Portland
State
University
California
Government
and
Politics,
5th
ed.
By
WINSTON
W.
CROUCH,
JOHN
C.
BOLLENS,
and
STANLEY
SCOTT.
(Englewood
Cliffs:
Prentice-Hall,
1972.
Pp.
232.
$2.95.)
Governments
of
the
United
States
and
of
California,
3d
ed.
By
JOHN
A.
DE
LA
HAYE,
HELMUT
BADER,
JOHN
P.
CARNEY,
and
EDGAR
F.
LOVE.
(Dubuque:
Wm.
C.
Brown,
1972.
Pp. 390.
$5.50.
Workbook:
Pp.
146.
$3.95.)
California
Government:
Issues
and
Institutions.
By
WILLIAM
M.
LEITER.
(Pacific
Palisades:
Goodyear, 1971.
Pp. 311.
$5.35.)
California
laivs
and
administrative
regulations
require
that
graduates
of
many
California
institutions
of
higher
learning
pass
a
course
or
an
examination
in
U.S.
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