Not So Golden After All: The Rise and Fall of California
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (968 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1439880123 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 342 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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In its candor, comprehensiveness, and call for reform, Not So Golden After All offers step number one in the political twelve-step program upon which California must embark if it wishes to redeem its heritage.Kevin Starr, Professor of History, University of Southern California & California State Librarian Emeritus. Self-knowledge is a requirement for self-correction
Read an interview with Larry Gerston in The Mercury News.. Key political themes covered include disconnected institutions, perpetually unbalanced budgets, immigration, voter ignorance, interest group influence, and dysfunctional institutions. He examines the state’s infrastructure, natural resources, immigration issues, education, finance, healthcare, civil rights, planning and development, security, laws, political parties, and power structures to provide civic leaders and policy makers with the understanding required to restore the sheen to this once glistening paradise.The Contra Cos
Gary M. Steele said Every Californian Should Read This. This book is a must-read for anyone living and voting in California or considering moving here. While the facts are appalling, they are delivered in a clear manner and without embellishment or hyperbole; the facts speak for themselves and no emotionalism is needed to generate outrage. While I don't agree with all of the solutions and some of them are a bit vague (someone, somehow), the problems are outlined, specified and fully described in startling clarity and. Cloud_Wayne said Larry Gerson has great command of what is really up with California. Larry Gerston, a poly sci professor [] at San Jose State U. has an incredible command of what is up with California. His use of facts and figures can keep everyone engaged from the casual reader in Northridge to an engineer in Silicon Valley. He ties together all these facts and vignettes about the dysfunctionality in California. There is so much history here and in California our issues are due to many themes that Larry addresses. Toward the end of the book, yo. A cautionary tale Amazon Customer The first mistake might be to read the title and simply assume that what happens in California has no relevance to me in [choose any state]. California has always been the state considered the trendsetter in all things American. Good trends, and more recently, bad trends.Thus, Dr. Gerston's exhaustive examination of everything California is, in reality, a cautionary tale for all of us that have wrongfully concluded that, like earthquakes, wildfires and landslide
In addition to his larger works, Gerston has penned more than 100 op-ed columns in newspapers including the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, and Los Angeles Times. Frequently interviewed for his political insight, he has appeared on NBC Nightly News, BBC, NPR, and CNN’s Inside Politics.. He has written ten other books in addition to <