Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Modern British Columbia -- 1 Value Conflicts in Lotusland: British Columbia Political Culture -- 2 From Timber to Tourism: The Political Economy of British Columbia -- 3 British Columbia: 'The Spoilt Child of Confederation' -- 4 Aboriginal Peoples and Aboriginal Title in British Columbia Politics -- Part 2: The Political Stage -- 5 The Politics of Polarization: Parties and Elections in British Columbia -- 6 The British Columbia Legislature and Parliamentary Framework -- 7 Women and Political Representation in British Columbia -- 8 The Media and British Columbia Politics -- Part 3: Governing the Province -- 9 The Government of the Day: The Premier and Cabinet in British Columbia -- 10 Provincial Governance and the Public Service: Bureaucratic Transitions and Change -- 11 Administering Justice -- Part 4: The Patterns of Public Policy -- 12 Lobbying and Private Interests in British Columbia Politics -- 13 Public Finance and Fiscal Policy in British Columbia -- 14 At the Edge of Canada's Welfare State: Social Policy-Making in British Columbia -- 15 The Politics of Sustainability: Forest Policy in British Columbia -- 16 Environmental Protection in British Columbia: Postmaterial Values, Organized Interests, and Party Politics -- 17 The British Columbia New Democratic Party: Does It Make a Difference? -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.