{"product_id":"state-of-resistance-what-californias-dizzying-descent-and-remarkable-resurgence-mean-for-americas-future-hardcover","title":"State of Resistance: What California's Dizzying Descent and Remarkable Resurgence Mean for America's Future - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eManuel Pastor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Concise, clear and convincing. . . a vision for the country as a whole.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eJames Fallows, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA leading sociologist's brilliant and revelatory argument that the future of politics, work, immigration, and more may be found in California \u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time, any mention of California triggered unpleasant reminders of Ronald Reagan and right-wing tax revolts, ballot propositions targeting undocumented immigrants, and racist policing that sparked two of the nation's most devastating riots. In fact, California confronted many of the challenges the rest of the country faces now--decades before the rest of us.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToday, California is leading the way on addressing climate change, low-wage work, immigrant integration, overincarceration, and more. As white residents became a minority and job loss drove economic uncertainty, California had its own Trump moment twenty-five years ago, but has become increasingly blue over each of the last seven presidential elections. How did the Golden State manage to emerge from its unsavory past to become a bellwether for the rest of the country?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirty years after Mike Davis's hellish depiction of California in \u003cem\u003eCity of Quartz\u003c\/em\u003e, the award-winning sociologist Manuel Pastor guides us through a new and improved California, complete with lessons that the nation should heed. Inspiring and expertly researched, \u003cem\u003eState of Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e makes the case for honestly engaging racial anxiety in order to address our true economic and generational challenges, a renewed commitment to public investments, the cultivation of social movements and community organizing, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eManuel Pastor \u003c\/b\u003eis the director of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California where he is also a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity and the inaugural holder of the Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change. He has co-authored five books with Chris Benner, including \u003cem\u003eEquity, Growth and Community: What the Nation Can Learn From America's Metro Areas\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSolidarity Economics: Why Mutuality and Movements Matter\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCharging Forward: Lithium Valley, Electric Vehicles, and a Just Future\u003c\/em\u003e (The New Press). Pastor is also the author of \u003cem\u003eState of Resistance: What California's Dizzying Descent and Remarkable Resurgence Mean for America's Future\u003c\/em\u003e (The New Press). He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337706868973,"sku":"9781620973295","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/7LqkxY454Y9781620973295.webp?v=1785064961","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/state-of-resistance-what-californias-dizzying-descent-and-remarkable-resurgence-mean-for-americas-future-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}