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Manuel Pastor

State of Resistance: What California’s Dizzying Descent and Remarkable Resurgence Mean for America’s Future

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Posted: February 25, 2019

Dr. Manuel Pastor recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 26, 2019. Dr. Pastor is a professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California (USC), where he also serves as director of the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity and co-director of USC’s Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration. He currently holds the Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change at USC.

Dr. Pastor discusses how California has confronted many of the challenges the country faces now, including addressing climate change, low-wage work, immigrant integration, and rates of incarceration. His argument uses California as a model for lessons that could apply to the United States as a whole.

Video Posted: February 25, 2019 | Running time: 6:58

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