Recall! : California's political earthquake / Larry N. Gersten and Terry Christensen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-180) and index.

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.

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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.

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