Peter Schrag presents the ills of Californiafs current politics in an angry and persuasive tone. He says California used to be gboth model and magnet for the nationin its economic opportunities, its social outlook, and its high-quality public services and institutesh; however, California started to fade after the passage of Proposition 13, the initiative of tax limits (7). Schragfs work clearly shows what is the problem in todayfs California, and it is easy to understand even for those who have little knowledge of politics. By focusing on issues of gneopopulismh which is easy to find in Californiafs diversity, he succeeds in giving his readers the sense of crisis not only about Californiafs politics, but also the national wide politics because California is the place gwhere the new American society is first coming into full viewh (23). Schrag says, about California politics, that: For nearly a generation, there has been increasing focus among scholars,......
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