Paradise Plundered - Fiscal Crisis and Governance Failures in San Diego

Informationen zum Autor Steven P. Erie is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the Urban Studies and Planning Program, University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Rainbow's End: Irish Americans and the Dilemmas of Urban Machine Politics (1998), Globalizing L.A.: Trade, Infrastructure, and Regional Development (Stanford, 2004), and Beyond 'Chinatown': The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California (Stanford, 2006). Vladimir Kogan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. Scott A. MacKenzie is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. Klappentext "Paradise Plundered" is a cautionary tale of the fiscal mismanagement, political corruption, and infrastructure challenges that plague and threaten San Diego, California -- with relevant comparative analyses to other American cities. Zusammenfassung Paradise Plundered is a cautionary tale of the fiscal mismanagement! political corruption! and infrastructure challenges that plague and threaten San Diego! California - with relevant comparative analyses to other American cities.

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• Authors: Steven Erie, Steven P Erie, Steven P. Erie, Steven P. Kogan Erie, Steven/ Kogan Erie, Vladimir Kogan, Scott MacKenzie, Scott A MacKenzie, Scott A. MacKenzie
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2011
• EAN: 9780804756037
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5603-7
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Politikwissenschaft, USA Westen, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Local