David H. Tabb, Professor Emeritus
Professor of Political Science
San Francisco State University
EDUCATION
Antioch College B.A., Political Science, 1962
University of Massachusetts Graduate study, Political Science, 1962-63
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Ph.D., Political Science, 1969
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
San Francisco State University, Professor Emeritus, 2008
University of Oregon, Carroll Endowed Chair of Political Science, Fall, 2006
San Francisco State University, Professor of Political Science, 1972-2008 and member
of Urban Studies and Public Administration faculties
University of California, Berkeley, 1976-81, Senior Research Political Scientist, Institute
of Governmental Studies
University of California, Berkeley, 1970-1972, Visiting Associate Professor of Political
Science
Williams College, Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1969-1970
University of Hawaii, Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1967-1969
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Abt Associates, Principal Investigator, Grant to evaluate the impact of the Enhanced Enterprise Initiative, Oakland, Ca., 1997-2000.
Rockefeller Institute of Government, Principal Investigator, Grant to evaluate HUD Enhanced Enterprise Initiative, Oakland, Ca. 1996-99.
Rockefeller Institute of Government, Principal Investigator, Grant to evaluate HUD Enterprise Community Program, San Francisco, Ca. 1996-1999.
Pew Charitable Trust, Principal Investigator, Grant to Evaluate Neighborhood Preservation Initiative Program allocated to the Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, Ca., 1996-1999.
National Science Foundation Instrumentation Grants, Co-Principal Investigator, 1994-96; 1999-2001
National Science Foundation Grants for Study of Policy Implementation,
1976-78 and
1979-81. These grants supported the research that led to publication of
Protest is Not Enough in 1984.
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SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
Graduate Coordinator, Department of Political Science, 1994-2001
Chair, Department of Political Science, 1983-86
Vice Chair, Academic Senate, 1974-76
Member and Chair of several Department, College and University Committees
1973-2003
RECENT NON-UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Commissioner, Berkeley Planning Commission, 2003-06
Vice-Chair, Berkeley Democratic Club, 2003-present
Consultant to Mayor(s) and Councilperson of Berkeley, Ca. 2001-2005
Interviewed by NPR, CBS, BBC, Associated Press, KQED, KPFA,KRON,KPIX, KTVU,
Bay T.V. and several local and national newspapers on race and urban politics,
media, elections and public opinion, 2001-06
BOOKS
Protest Is Not Enough: The Struggle of Blacks and Hispanics for Equality in Urban
Politics
, with Dale Rogers Marshall and Rufus P. Browning. Berkeley: University of CaliforniaPress, 1984. The book describes the political mobilization of blacks and Latinos and its
consequences in ten Northern California cities from 1960 to 1979. It won two best book awards
in 1985 from the American Political Science Association: the
Ralph J. Bunche Award for "thebest scholarly work exploring the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism", and the
GladysM. Kammerer Award
for the best book on national policy. This book is widely cited by otherresearchers and has shaped the paradigm for research on racial politics since its publication.
My particular responsibility in the research for the book was theory building and development of
a qualitative model to compare and explain black and Latino political mobilization, political
incorporation, and governmental responsiveness, and change over time. A review in the
discipline’s premiere journal, the American Political Science Review, noted: "Another important
contribution is the complex, and at times brilliant, comparison of levels of incorporation and
causation between blacks and Hispanics."
Diverse scholars in political science and sociology have commented on Protest Is Not Enough:
Charles V. Hamilton, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, and co-author ofBlack Power with Stokely Carmichael (1967): "Decidedly an important work for students and
activists of urban politics--realistic and politically sophisticated."
Terry N. Clark, Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago: "The most detailed analysisDavid Tabb
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of its sort. The book has broken new ground again and again....An opening to new awareness."
Chris Garcia, Professor of Political Science and Vice President for Academic Affairs,University of New Mexico: "A marvelous addition to the literature on ethnic politics....Provides
a theory that makes sense to both political scientists and political activists."
Paul E. Peterson, Professor of Government, Harvard University: "A fine, mature piece ofscholarship. The care and balance brought to the entire study are especially to be congratulated."
Racial Politics in American Cities
co-edited and co-authored with Rufus P. Browning and Dale Rogers Marshall. New York: Longman, 1990. Second edition: 1996. Third edition: 2003. We authored three chapters; others are original essays contributed by experts on one or more cities. The third edition contains much new material on immigration.
ARTICLES
"Electoral Politics is Not Enough: Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Urban Politics" by Peter F. Burns, Political Science Quarterly, (Summer 2007), pp. 327-328. Book Review
"Minorities and Urban Electoral Change: A Longitudinal Study," with Rufus P. Browning and Dale Marshall., Urban Affairs Quarterly, vol. 15, 2 (December 1979), pp. 206-228.
"Minorities in Urban Politics: Ten Northern California Cities 1960-1978," Public Affairs Report,
Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1979.
"Implementation and Political Change: Sources of Local Variations in Federal Social Programs,"
with Rufus P. Browning and Dale Marshall, Policy Studies Journal, vol. 8 (1980), no. 4, pp. 616-632; and (in expanded form) in P. Sabatier and D. Mazmanian (eds.), Effective Policy
Implementation, Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1980.
"Local Protest, Elections, and Coalitions: A Legacy for the 1980s" (with Dale Rogers Marshall
and Rufus P. Browning), Western City, LXI, 6 (June 1985), pp. 13-18.
"Black and Hispanic Power in City Politics: A Forum" (co-edited) and "Is Anything Enough?"
(co-authored with Dale Rogers Marshall and Rufus P. Browning), PS: Political Science & Politics, XIX, no. 3 (Summer 1986), pp. 573-640.
"The Myth of Localism and the Actualities of Power", M, Mensuel, Marxisme, Mouvement, Paris, France, October- November, 1996.
"You Are A Polling Consultant", Longman Participate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000 <http://www.longmanparticipate.com>.
"Who are Liberals and Who Are Conservatives: What’s the Difference?" Longman Participate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000 <http://www.Longmanparticipate.com>.
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"Public Opinion and Presidential Approval", Longman Participate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000 <http://www.LongmanParticipate.com>.
"Are You Liberal or Conservative", Longman Participate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000 <http://www.Longmanparticipate.com>.
"You Are a Presidential Campaign Consultant", Longman Participate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000 <http://www.Longmanparticipate.com>.
"Who votes? Do Americans vote as much as Other Citizens?" Longman Participate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000<http://www.Longmanparticipate.com>.
"Patterns of Presidential Elections: Realignment and Dealignment", Longman Participate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000 <http://www.Longmanparticipate.com>.
"Finding Out about Your Representative", Longman Participate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000 <http://www.Longmanparticipate.com>.
"You are A Professional Campaign Consultant", Longman Participate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000 <http://www.Longmanparticipate.com>.
"American Electoral Rules: How Do They Influence Campaigns?" Longman Participate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000 <http://www.Longmanparticipate.com>.
"Presidential Candidates and Their Campaign Ads", Longman Participate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000 <http://www.Longmanparticipate.com>.
"The Net Election: Campaigning on the Internet", LongmanParticipate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000 <http://www.Longmanparticipate.com>.
"You Are A News Editor", Longman Participate.Com, Longman Publishers, Inc., 2000 <http://www.Longmanparticipate.com>.
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PAPERS, REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS
"Racial Politics in American Cities: Does Immigration Matter?" , Public Lecture, University of Oregon, Nov. 10, 2006.
"Responsiveness to Minorities: A Theory of Political Change in Cities," with Rufus P. Browning and Dale Rogers Marshall, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Chicago, 1978.
"Local Control Over Local Policies: Can City Politics Make a Difference for Minorities?" with
Dale Rogers Marshall and Rufus Browning, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Washington, DC, 1983.
"Should Blacks Vote in 1992?" with Rufus P. Browning, Christian Science Monitor, September 29, 1992.
"Political Incorporation and Competing Perspectives on Urban Politics," with Dale Rogers
Marshall and Rufus Browning, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
New York, 1994.
"Protest Vs. Politics: What Is Necessary? What Is Enough?" with Rufus Browning, National
Conference of Black Political Scientists, Oakland, 1994
"Mobilization, Incorporation, and Policy: Ten California Cities Revisited," with Dale Rogers
Marshall and Rufus Browning, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Chicago, 1995
PEW Charitable Trust, "Urban Neighborhoods Study, Cities of San Francisco, Richmond, Oakland, Berkeley and Marin County", co-authored with Lisel Blash, June, July and August, 1997 (mimeos).
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, "Field Analysis Report: Round One Assessment of Oakland, Ca. Enhanced Enterprise Initiative", co-authored with Nancy Gilbert, Richard DeLeon and Lisel Blash, June 4, 1996 (mimeo).
U.S. Department of HUD, "Field Analysis Report: Round Two Assessment of Oakland, Ca. Enhanced Enterprise Initiative", co-authored with Nancy Gilbert, Richard DeLeon and Lisel Blash, July 30, 1996 (mimeo).
U.S. Department of HUD, "Field Analysis Report: Round Three Assessment of Oakland, Ca. Enhanced Enterprise Initiative, Special Report on Job Training and Placement Activities", co-authored with Nancy Gilbert, Richard E. DeLeon and Lisel Blash, June 27, 1997 (mimeo).
Pew Charitable Trust, "Neighborhood Preservation Initiative Assessment, Round One, co-authored with Nancy Gilbert, July 15, 1997 (mimeo)
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U.S. Department of HUD, "Field Analysis Report: Round Four Assessment of Oakland, Ca. Enhanced Enterprise Initiative, Special Report on Community Development Financial Initiatives", co-authored with Nancy Gilbert, Richard E. DeLeon and Lisel Blash, July 30, 1997 (mimeo).
U.S. Department of HUD, "Interim Outcomes Assessment of the Oakland Empowerment Community", subcontracted by ABT Associates, July 2000 (mimeo).
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
American Government and Politics
Urban Politics and Public Policy
Workshop on Using the Internet to Understand the ’2004 Election
Media and Politics
Public Opinion and Elections
Political Forum
GRADUATE COURSES
Seminar in Race, Immigration and Urban Politics
Seminar in American Politics
Seminar in Public Opinion, Media and Electoral Choice