Books written by Mark Baldassare
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California in the New Millennium: The Changing Social and Political Landscape
Ellwood, John. 1994a. “Alternatives for California's Future.” In Jesse D. Shaw and Frank Neuhauser (eds.), California Fiscal Reform: A Plan for Action. Sacramento: California Business—Higher Education Forum, pp. 1–8. Ellwood, John.
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When Government Fails: The Orange County Bankruptcy
... through constitutional mandates such as minimum funding for K-12 education through Proposition 98, state mandates such as funding for youth corrections, and federal legislative mandates such as Medicaid (Ellwood and Sprague, 1995).
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The Coming Age of Direct Democracy: California's Recall and Beyond
Shires , Michael , John Ellwood , and Mary Sprague . Has Proposition 13 Delivered ?: The Changing Tax Burden in California . San Francisco : Public Policy Institute of California , 1998 . Silva , J. Fred , and Elisa Barbour .
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A California State of Mind: The Conflicted Voter in a Changing World
For example, the state government cut back on local funding during the recession of the 1990s, and this had serious consequences for local governments (Baldassare, 1998; Baldassare et al., 2000; Raymond, 1998; Shires, Ellwood, ...
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The Los Angeles Riots: Lessons For The Urban Future
Farley, Reynolds and William H. Frey. 1994. "Changes in the segregation of whites from Blacks." American Sociological Review 59: 23-45. Feagin, Joe R. 1991. "The continuing significance of race: Antiblack discrimination in public places ...
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The Growth Dilemma: Residents' Views and Local Population Change in the United States
Graber , E.E. 1974 " Newcomers and oldtimers : Growth and change in a mountain town . " Rural Sociology 39 : 504-513 . Greenhouse , L. 1975 “ The outer city : Growth turning into a menace . ” In J. Bensman and A. J. Vidich , eds .
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California 2025: Taking on the Future
A similar HOT lane was designated on Orange County's State Route 91 , one of four demonstration projects for toll roads in Southern California financed by the private sector ( Taylor , Weinstein , and Wachs , 2001 ) .
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The Coming Age of Direct Democracy: California's Recall and Beyond
The January 2002 survey showed Riordan with a sizeable lead among likely GOP primary voters, drawing 41 percent to Jones's 13 percent and Simon's 4 percent. The least conservative of the three, Riordan had more support than Jones and ...
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Residential Crowding in Urban America
Windle , C. , B. Rosen , M. Goldsmith , and J. Shambaugh 1975 “ A demographic system for comparative assessment of 1. needs for mental health services . ” Evaluation 2 ( 2 ) : 73–76 . Winsborough , H. 1965 “ ' The social consequences of ...
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Finding Common Ground: Racial and Ethnic Attitudes in California
From this analysis, the extent to which Californians share a common ground for a dialogue about the state's future will emerge. To measure racial and ethnic differences in California politics and policy preferences, we combine the data ...
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Trouble in Paradise: The Suburban Transformation in America
Takes a fresh look at American suburbs, explains why they are changing, and discusses the housing crisis, growth, local government, and demand for services.
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The Growth Dilemma: Residents' Views and Local Population Change in the United States
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
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Trouble in Paradise: The Suburban Transformation in America
Takes a fresh look at American suburbs, explains why they are changing, and discusses the housing crisis, growth, local government, and demand for services.
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California in the New Millennium: The Changing Social and Political Landscape
Mark Baldassare examines the powerful undercurrents--economic, demographic, and political--shaping California at this critical juncture in its history.
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Residential Crowding in Urban America
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
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Residential Crowding in Urban America
Mark Baldassare. Effects of Crowding : Design of the Study and Alternative Approaches 1 In addition to the variety of ideas about the effects of crowding reviewed in chapter 1 , there are several techniques for studying those effects ...
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A California State of Mind: The Conflicted Voter in a Changing World
A California State of Mind combines an incisive analysis of long-term trends—such as population growth and changing demography—with up-to-date discussions of how the recent electricity crisis and the September 11 terrorist attacks have ...
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The Los Angeles Riots: Lessons For The Urban Future
The Los Angeles riots in spring 1992 were among the most violent and destructive events in twentieth-century urban America. This book addresses three questions: What were the causes of the...