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What do we expect from our government? / edited by Beryl A. Radin and Joshua M. Chanin.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Government accountability--United States.
- Government accountability.
- Environmental policy--United States.
- Environmental policy.
- Terrorism--Government policy--United States.
- Terrorism.
- United States--Economic policy--2009-.
- United States.
- United States--Social policy--1993-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What Do We Expect From Our Government? provides a glimpse at this set of developments by focusing on a number of policies, such as climate change, immigration, and terrorism, as well as governance processes such as oversight, elections and campaigns, and regulation. It highlights the role of research in public sector decision-making, the role of the academy, the relationship between economic imperatives and scientific information, and dealing with uncertainty and change. In addition, it includes attention to broader issues such as national economic and fiscal policies and strategies for assuri
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction: What Do We Expect from Our Government?; Part One: The Policy and Historical Context; 1 The FDR Legacy: Yesterday and Today; 2 The Economic Crisis: How Can We Deal with It?; 3 Worrying about Equity Issues: The Case of Youth Policy and Poverty; Part Two: Policy Debates; 4 Climate Change. the Economic Crisis, and Prospects for the Future; Climate Change Panel Summary; 5 Countering Myths about Terrorism: Some Lessons Learned from the Global Terrorism Database; Terrorism Panel Summary
- 6 What Do We Expect from Our Government Representatives on Immigration?Immigration Panel Summary; Part Three: Focusing on Processes; 7 Transition Time at the National Level: The Government, Congress, and Party Leaders; Oversight Panel Summary; 8 What Do We Expect from Our Elections?; Elections and Campaigns Panel Summary; 9 Restoring Public Protections: Regulatory Challenges Confronting President Obama and the 111th Congress; Regulation Panel Summary; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Editors; Conference Information
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-34751-4
- 9786613911810
- 1-283-59936-8
- 0-7391-4455-3
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