Campaign 2012 : twelve independent ideas for improving American public policy / Benjamin Wittes, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wittes, Benjamin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--2012.

Presidents.

Political planning--United States.

Political planning.

United States--Politics and government--2009-.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Campaign 2012: Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy is an indispensable guide to the questions facing White House hopefuls in 2012, as well as the challenges awaiting the winner. It presents authoritative analyses of a dozen key policy issues currently testing the nation:-domestic economic growth-America's role in the world-the budget deficit-China relations-health care-Afghanistan and Pakistan-federalism-Iran-reforming government institutions-the Middle East-climate change

Contents:

Restoring economic growth / Martin Neil Baily

Tackling the budget deficit / Ron Haskins

Curing health care / Alice M. Rivlin

Remaking federalism to remake the economy / Bruce Katz

Reforming institutions / William A. Galston

Reviving American leadership / Bruce Jones, Jane Esberg, and Thomas Wright

Establishing credibility and trust / Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Jonathan D. Pollack

Slogging through: the next president must address the crisis in Afghanistan or Pakistan / Michael E. O'Hanlon and Bruce Riedel

Keeping Iran in check / Suzanne Maloney

Prioritizing democracy: the next president should support liberal forces in the Middle East / Shadi Hamid and Kenneth M. Pollack

Making climate policy work / Ted Gayer

Keeping on offense: the next president should keep after Al Qaeda but mend relations with Congress on terrorism / Benjamin Wittes and Daniel L. Byman.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613582683

9781280487453

1280487453

9780815721994

0815721994

OCLC:

830170692