Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Maps

List of Tables

Preface: Reform under the Gun

Acknowledgments

PART ONE: The Dynamics of Urban Reform

CHAPTER ONE: The Politics of Reform: The New Institutionalism Meets the New Diversity

CHAPTER TWO: Studying Los Angeles Politics

PART TWO: The Roots of Los Angeles Charter Reform

CHAPTER THREE: Reform, Los Angeles Style

CHAPTER FOUR: Richard Riordan and Conservative Reform

CHAPTER FIVE: Valley Secession and the Suburban Revolt

CHAPTER SIX: Charter Reform: The Cure for Secession?

PART THREE: The Battle over the Charter

CHAPTER SEVEN: The 1997 Municipal Elections and the Politics of Charter Reform

CHAPTER EIGHT: The Charter Reform Commissions

CHAPTER NINE: The Inside Game: Mayoral Authority

CHAPTER TEN: The Inside Game: Police Reform

CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Outside Game: The Politics of Participation

PART FOUR: The Unified Charter

CHAPTER TWELVE: The Creation of the Unified Charter

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Fall and Rise of the Unified Charter

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Campaign for the Unified Charter

PART FIVE: The Battle over Secession

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Implementation

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The 2001 Municipal Elections

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: The Vote on Secession

PART SIX: The Future of Urban Reform

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Toward a Reform Regime: Governing Postsecession Los Angeles

CHAPTER NINETEEN: Conclusions and Implications: Reform, Twenty-First-Century Style

APPENDIX ONE: Summary of the Charter Proposal

APPENDIX TWO: Using Ecological Inference Model to Verify Results

Bibliography

Afterword: Reform, Diversity, and the 2005 Election of Antonio Villaraigosa

Index