Vol. 2. edited by Michael B. Preston, Bruce E. Cain, and Sandra Bass.

Vol. 3 edited by Sandra Bass and Bruce E. Cain.

Vol. 2. includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents : Ethnic and racial politics in California: an overview -- When numbers do not add up: Asian pacific Americans and California politics -- Beyond numbers: Asian American and Latino politics in Los Angeles' San Gabriel Valley -- At rainbow's end: empowerment prospects for Latinos and Asian pacific Americans in Los Angeles -- Jewish participation in California politics:A revisit in the 1990s -- The Member's speaker:How Willie Brown held center stage in California,1980-1985 -- The Symbolic politics of affirmative action -- Race and party politics in the 1996 U.S presidential election -- California's ethnic experiment and the unsolvable immigration issue:proposition 187 and beyond -- Nativisom, partisanship and immigration:an analysis of prop 187 -- Race, crime and public policy in California -- Blacks, browns and the blues: the police and minority communities in California -- Minority political incorporation in Los Angeles:a broader consideration -- Latino politics in the golden state: ready for the 21st century? -- Latino politics in California: the necessary condition for success -- The Politicization of race and ethnicity in the nineties -- Index.