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The next agenda : blueprint for a new progressive movement / edited by Robert L. Borosage, Roger Hickey.
LIBRA HN65 .N48 2001
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Van Pelt Library HN65 .N48 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Social policy--1993-.
- United States.
- Social policy.
- United States--Economic policy--1993-.
- Economic policy.
- United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- In The Next Agenda, editors Robert Borosage and Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America's Future have gathered progressive essays from such distinguished contributors as David Moberg, Richard Rothstein, Ted Marmor and Carl Pope. Each of the fourteen essays tackles a specific policy issue, detailing the context that makes fundamental reform both necessary and possible and outlining the proposals that are vital to begin meeting the challenge.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Progressive Majority / Robert L. Borosage, Stanley B. Greenberg 1
- Choosing Growth with Justice
- 1 What Kind of America Do We Want? / Jeff Faux 21
- 2 Global Fairness: The Historic Debate / Robert L. Borosage, William Greider 49
- Renewing the Social Contract
- 3 Working Families: The Centerpiece for Reform / Theda Skocpol 73
- 4 The Path to Universal Health Care / Jonathan Oberlander, Theodore R. Marmor 93
- 5 Economic Security for Women and Children: What Will It Take? / Heidi Hartmann 127
- 6 To Improve Student Learning: Ask the Right Questions / Richard Rothstein 161
- 7 Metropolitan Power: The Next Urban Agenda / Bruce Katz, Joel Rogers 189
- 8 Leave No One Behind: A Policy Framework on Poverty, Race, and Justice / Lynn A. Curtis, William E. Spriggs 211
- Shaping the Future
- 9 Green Growth: Agenda for a Just Transition to a Sustainable Economy / Carl Pope, Robert Wages 249
- 10 Sky Trust: How to Fight Global Warming and Pay Dividends to All Americans / Peter Barnes, Rafe Pomerance 275
- Empowering People in Politics
- 11 Empowering Workers / David Moberg 291
- 12 Democracy That Works: Clean Money Campaign Reform / Ellen S. Miller, Micah L. Sifry 319
- 13 A Movement for Economic Security in an Age of Change / Roger Hickey 345.
- Notes:
- "Campaign for America's future"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813398142
- OCLC:
- 45002107
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