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Paradise Plundered : Fiscal Crisis and Governance Failures in San Diego
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Erie, Steven.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Finance, Public--California--San Diego.
- San Diego (Calif.)--Politics and government.
- Finance, Public--San Diego--California.
- Finance, Public.
- San Diego (Calif.).
- Local Subjects:
- Finance, Public--California--San Diego.
- San Diego (Calif.)--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (555 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 malaise.Until recently, San Diego, California-America's 8th largest city-seemed immune to such systematic governance disorders. This
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Part I Overview and Historical Development; Part II Fiscal Crisis and Governance Challenges, 1990-2010; Part III At the Crossroads; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780804782180
- 0804782180
- OCLC:
- 763155645
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