Thinking big : progressive ideas for a new era / The Progressive Ideas Network ; James Lardner and Nathaniel Loewentheil, editors ; foreword by Robert Kuttner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lardner, James.

Loewentheil, Nathaniel.

Progressive Ideas Network.

Series:

BK currents book.

BK currents book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Progressivism (United States politics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Times are changing. Instead of obsessing about what they're against, progressives have begun to think about what they're for-to prepare once again to play their role as agents of bold ideas and political and social transformation. Finding new confidence and imagination, they have begun to renew their political capital. The essays in this volume draw on that new store of capital to sketch the outlines of a progressive agenda for 21st-century America.Authors such as Van Jones, Dean Baker, Andrea Batista Schlesinger and Miles Rapoport cover a wide array of topics and, in their policy recommendation

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1: LOOKING AHEAD; 1. Building Shared Prosperity; 2. Investing in Our Future; Part 2: REALIZING OUR VALUES; 3. Capturing Democracy's Surge; 4. Upholding Community Values; 5. Rejoining the World; Part 3: TAKING ACTION; 6. From Financial Crisis to Opportunity; 7. Health Care for America; 8. An Inclusive Green Economy; 9. The Promise of Opportunity; 10. A Strengthened Middle Class; Index; About the Editors; About the Progressive Ideas Network

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612300455

9781282300453

1282300458

9781609944612

1609944615

OCLC:

609854594