Paradise plundered
Subtitle: fiscal crisis and governance failures in San Diego
By: Steven P. Erie, Vladimir Kogan, and Scott A. MacKenzie
Contributors: Kogan, Vladimir, 1985- author; MacKenzie, Scott A. author
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780804756020; 9780804756037
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Politics and government; Public Finance
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Overview and historical development. America's finest city?; title: Never, never la-la land : growth and governance challenges, 1800s to 1990; title: Part II. Fiscal crisis and governance challenges, 1990-2010. Paradise insolvent : from pension scandal to fiscal crisis; title: Paradise impoverished : underfunded public services; title: Eyes wide shut : grandiose plans for America's finest city; title: Redevelopment, San Diego style : the limits of public-private partnerships; title: Part III. At the crossroads. Regional and binational infrastructure : governance challenges and failures; title: Paradise ungoverned.