Failed State? Crisis and Renewal in California Politics and Culture
Co-sponsored by Boom, the California Studies Association, and the New America Foundation
Friday, April 16, UC Davis
Historically, California has embodied boundless possibility. Though its history is riddled with the contradictions and limits of such imaginings, the state’s unique culture and institutions are nevertheless a testament to California’s promise, and the millions who acted on this promise produced a diverse, original, productive, and powerful society.
Yet for all its natural, human, and economic resources, California faces an idiosyncratic and outsized version of the challenges facing other states: deteriorating infrastructure, a starved education system, looming environmental catastrophe, an unsustainable prison system, and escalating unemployment. Framing it all is a seemingly intractable condition of political gridlock.
As the CSA celebrates its 20th annual meeting, join a diverse and dynamic gathering of California scholars, teachers, writers, students, artists, builders, service workers, political leaders, and community organizers for a day-long inquiry on California’s unique successes, failures, and possibilities.
January 21, 2009 at 2:05 am
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January 26, 2009 at 11:07 pm
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