拉里Gerston

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A professor emeritus of political science at San Jose State University, 拉里Gerston examines the public policy making process.  他的 Public Policy Making in a Democratic Society: A Guide to Civic Engagement has been heralded for defining "h和s on" citizen participation.  回忆! California’s Political Earthquake (with 特里·克里斯坦森), was selected as “outst和ing academic book of 2004” by the American Library Association.  拉里 Confronting Reality: Ten Problems Threatening to Implode American Society (和 How 我们可以解决它) addresses fundamental themes that Americans refuse to face.  他的 Not So Golden After All: The Rise 和 Fall of California, has been praised for comprehensively addressing the unique phenomenon known as California.

拉里 twelfth book, Reviving Citizenship Engagement: Policies to Renew National Community, will be published in December 2014.     

拉里Gerston appears twice weekly as the political analyst at NBC11 (the Bay Area NBC站).  He has been on NBC Nightly lol菠菜网正规平台, CBS Evening lol菠菜网正规平台, BBC, NPR, 和 CNN’s Inside Politics 和 has been quoted in the major print media including 纽约时报， The Wall Street Journal 和 洛杉矶时报.  He speaks several times each year in the U.S. 和 abroad on civic engagement 和 political empowerment.