Transforming California: A Political History of Land Use and Development
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (811 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801861101 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Transforming California describes the evolution of the state's institutions of government as they apply to land use and development, and it shows how land-use decisions affect people's quality of life and their daily interactions with each other and with their environment. She sees late-twentieth-century California on a path of continued environmental degradation, gripped by cynicism about government. Pincetl offers an alternative vision for the renewal of the democratic spirit and process in California and for a reconciliation with nature.. In Transforming California, Stephanie Pincetl argues that the transformation of nature in order to enhance economic development lies at the heart of much of the state's recent history
But Mr. Johnson! I am not sure that the above reviewer actually read the book.The book demonstrates very clearly how the moneyed interests used progressivism to remove the voters from the important decisions that are made in formation of the business and land use climate in California. We should be able to throw the rascals out and all we can do is pass nutball initiaives.Do you know that the socialist party eventually mer. A brilliant and comprehensive analysis of California An extremely important book!! This book is a study of the political history of land use and URBANISATION IN CALIFORNIA COVERING THE LAST 100 HUNDRED YEARS.This an extremely well written and usefull book.
Stephanie S. She has received Fulbright awards to work in France and has been a visiting scholar at the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique. She also serves as president of the board of Communities for a Better Environment, a nonprofit urban environmental justice organization in California.. Pincetl is a research associate professor w
Transforming California will prove of great value to historians of twentieth-century America." -- Donald J. Pisani, Journal of American History"A thought-provoking work for environmental, urban, social, state, and regional historians." -- Choice. Rawls, Southern California Quarterly"Pincetl has brought together in one place, pieced together from a rather huge and disparate literature, a thorough, even exhaustive indictment. All of us who care about California can only hope the book will be noticed and read." -- Don Mitchell, Economic Geography"The author has mined a vast literature, her central thesis is original and provocative, and she makes many wise and perceptive observations. It presents primers on a number of the most pressing natural resource issues and offers some practical, challenging and timely ide