- Volume
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: hard ISBN 9780813320229
Description
A new annual which charts the course of America in 12 critical areas, giving readers a solid basis of information on which to compare trends year after year and to make reasoned judgements about where the US is and ought to be heading. Each essay opens with an overall assessment and employs charts, graphs, figures and tables to document America's standing and to point the way toward improving its national standing. An introductory essay lays out the themes, trends and values underlying the volume and a closing roundtable discussion reflects on the politics of setting agendas and achieving goals.
Table of Contents
- The state of the world and the Union
- world economy - enacting a global new deal
- environment - achieving sustainability
- international security - promoting domestic stability
- national defense - meeting real defence needs
- industrial restructuring - investing in the future
- the domestic economy of jobs
- creating decent work
- taxation: sharing the burden
- health care - providing comprehensive coverage
- democracy: strengthening political institutions
- public life - revitalizing communities
- race and gender
- ensuring a true multiculturalism
- social welfare - eliminating poverty and disenfranchisement
- getting there.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780813320236
Description
A new annual which charts the course of America in 12 critical areas, giving readers a solid basis of information on which to compare trends year after year and to make reasoned judgements about where the US is and ought to be heading. Each essay opens with an overall assessment and employs charts, graphs, figures and tables to document America's standing and to point the way toward improving its national standing. An introductory essay lays out the themes, trends and values underlying the volume and a closing roundtable discussion reflects on the politics of setting agendas and achieving goals.
Table of Contents
- The state of the world and the Union
- world economy - enacting a global new deal
- environment - achieving sustainability
- international security - promoting domestic stability
- national defense - meeting real defense needs
- industrial restructuring - investing in the future
- the domestic economy of jobs
- creating decent work
- taxation - sharing the burden
- health care - providing comprehensive coverage
- democracy - strengthening political institutions
- public life - revitalizing communities
- race and gender
- ensuring a true multiculturalism
- social welfare - eliminating poverty and disenfranchisement
- getting there.
by "Nielsen BookData"