California crackup [[electronic resource] ] : how reform broke the Golden State and how we can fix it / / Joe Mathews and Mark Paul |
Autore | Mathews Joe <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.9794 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PaulMark <1948-> |
Soggetto topico |
Constitutional history - California
Direct democracy - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
budget crises california citizens california constitutional convention constitutional origins contemporary issues economic issues economic problems elected officials golden state governance humorous nonfiction open debate partisan government political economy political issues political reform political science political theory politics reform sociological cultural state politics thought provoking united states |
ISBN |
1-282-66079-9
9786612660795 0-520-94708-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785191203321 |
Mathews Joe <1973-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Crude existence [[electronic resource] ] : environment and the politics of oil in Northern Angola / / Kristin Reed |
Autore | Reed Kristin <1977-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 967.304/2 |
Collana | Global, area, and international archive |
Soggetto topico |
Petroleum industry and trade - Angola
Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - Angola Petroleum industry and trade - Social aspects - Angola Petroleum industry and trade - Environmental aspects - Angola Political violence - Angola |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
angola civil war crude oil degradation economic boom economic issues environmental impact of oil environmental policies environmental science environmentalists exclusion extraction zones global economy modern africa money and power national instability natural resources nonfiction northern angola offshore oil oil boom oil extraction oil policies oil politics petrocapitalism regional economy scientists traditional livelihoods violence |
ISBN | 0-520-94258-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Washing Ashore -- 2. Petro-Capitalism -- 3. Petro-Violence -- 4. Shallow Graves -- 5. Unpalatable Compensation -- 6. Militant Territorialization -- 7. Corporate Territorialization -- Conclusion: Converging Shores -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778946103321 |
Reed Kristin <1977-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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