POSC 140 — Introduction to California Governments and Politics
This course examines the structure and functions of California state and local governments and politics. Attention will be given to the evolution of the principal features, organization, and operation of state and local governments within the framework of U.S. federalism from the time of the nation's founding. Emphasis is placed on the role of significant events, major ethnic groups and major social groups in the development of the political structures and processes of California state and local governments and contemporary political issues. (CSU/UC) (AA/AS-4, CSU-D, IGETC-4, Cal-GETC-4)