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Author Mathews, Joe, 1973-

Title California crackup : how reform broke the Golden State and how we can fix it / Joe Mathews and Mark Paul
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-210) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Constitutional history -- California
Direct democracy -- California
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
Constitutional history
Direct democracy
Politics and government
SUBJECT California -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018886
Subject California
Form Electronic book
Author Paul, Mark, 1948-
ISBN 9780520947085
0520947088
0520268520
9780520268524