Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword by Harold Meyerson ix
4. A Note from The Century Foundation by Richard C. Leone xiii
5. Preface xvii
6. Acknowledgments xxiii
7. Introduction 1
8. The Birth of Regional Power Building
9. 1. Thinking Regionally 21
10. 2. The Regional Power-Building Model Emerges in California 39
11. The Three Legs of Regional Power Building
12. 3. Developing a Regional Policy Agenda 87
13. 4. Deep Coalitions 126
14. 5. From Access to Governance: Building Aggressive Political Action 159
15. The Spread of Regional Power Building
16. 6. Understanding the Spread of Regional Power Building across the Country 187
17. 7. Toward a National Strategy for Spreading Regional Power Building 221
18. Notes 247
19. Index 261