| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-210) and index. |
| Contents |
Out of luck -- Building and breaking California -- Crisis without exit -- History and the constitution -- Empowering and shackling Sacramento -- From teachers to janitors : direct democracy demotes the legislature -- The California fix -- Budgeting without shackles -- The architecture of political frustration -- Remaking elections and the legislature -- Government from the bottom up -- A more direct democracy -- Good rules to match its mountains. |
| Summary |
Is California beyond repair? A sizable number of Golden State citizens have concluded that it is. Incessant budget crises plus a government paralyzed by partisan gridlock have led to demands for reform, even a constitutional convention. But what, exactly, is wrong and how can we fix it? In California Crackup, Joe Mathews and Mark Paul provide clear and informed answers. Their fast-paced and often humorous narrative deftly exposes the constitutional origins of our current political and economic problems and furnishes a uniquely California fix: innovative solutions that allow Californians to deb. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
California -- Politics and government.
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California. |
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Politics and government. |
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Constitutional history -- California.
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Constitutional history. |
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Direct democracy -- California.
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Direct democracy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Paul, Mark, 1948-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mathews, Joe, 1973- California crackup. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520268524 (DLC) 2010004469 (OCoLC)503308264 |
| ISBN |
9780520947085 (electronic book) |
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0520947088 (electronic book) |
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9780520268524 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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0520268520 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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9780520266568 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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0520266560 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612660795 |
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