Paradise Plundered: Fiscal Crisis and Governance Failures in San Diego

by Vladimir Kogan, Steven Erie, Scott MacKenzie

Book Overview

The early 21st century has not been kind to California's reputation for good government. But the Golden State's governance flaws reflect worrisome national trends with origins in the 1970s and 1980s. Growing voter distrust with government, a demand for services but not taxes to pay for them, a sharp decline in enlightened leadership and effective civic watchdogs, and dysfunctional political institutions have all contributed to the current governance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804756031
• ISBN13: 9780804756037
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.0" x 6.0"