Mandate for Change

Policies and Leadership for 2009 and Beyond
Herausgeber: Hartman, Chester

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Produktbeschreibung

The incoming national administration has the opportunity to make a sharp break, in both domestic and international issues, with the failed, destructive policies of the past eight years.Mandate for Change provides in detail what should be done in each and every important area, in 47 short chapters written by the country's leading thinkers/activists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 785g
• ISBN-13: 9780739131688
• ISBN-10: 0739131680
• Artikelnr.: 25693053

Autorenporträt

Chester W. Hartman, an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, is director of research and former president of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council and author of There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class and Hurricane Katrina,Poverty and Race in America: The Emerging Agendas, and City for Sale: The Transformation of San Francisco.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Editor's Introduction
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Progressives and the Incoming Administration
Part 3 Domestic Issues
Chapter 4 Chapter 2: The United States Can Cut Poverty in Half
Chapter 5 Chapter 3: High-Quality, Affordable Health Care for All
Chapter 6 Chapter 4:The Education (Policy) We Need for the Citizens We Have
Chapter 7 Chapter 5: The Affordable Housing Crisis: It Is a Solvable
Problem
Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Homelessness: Action to End and Prevent the Crisis
Chapter 9 Chapter 7: A New Policy for Justice and Public Safety
Chapter 10 Chapter 8: A Road Map for Juvenile Justice Reform
Chapter 11 Chapter 9: Drug Policy Reform and Neutralizing the Third Rail of
Politics
Chapter 12 Chapter 10: Policies Toward the Elderly: Strengthening Social
Security and Medicare
Chapter 13 Chapter 11: An Economic Justice Agenda
Chapter 14 Chapter 12:Toward a Fair and Adequate Tax System
Chapter 15 Chapter 13: Ending Extreme Inequality: The Need to Concentrate
on Concentrated Wealth
Chapter 16 Chapter 14: Re-Establishing a Workers' Rights Agenda
Chapter 17 Chapter 15: Will the Incoming Administration Cut the Racial Trip
Wire?
Chapter 18 Chapter 16: Turning King's Dream into Reality
Chapter 19 Chapter 17: Climate and Energy Solutions for a Secure, Equitable
and Sustainable Future
Chapter 20 Chapter 18: Green Jobs in a Sustainable Economy
Chapter 21 Chapter 19: Advancing Women's Equality
Chapter 22 Chapter 20: Strengthening Families and Creating Pathways to
Opportunity
Chapter 23 Chapter 21: The "Homosexual Agenda," Revisited
Chapter 24 Chapter 22: Promoting Full Participation of People with
Disabilities
Chapter 25 Chapter 23: A Budget Is a Statement of Values
Chapter 26 Chapter 24: A Food System We Can Believe In
Chapter 27 Chapter 25: Transforming U.S. Transportation
Chapter 28 Chapter 26: Rebuilding and Renewing America: A National
Infrastructure Plan for the 21st Century
Chapter 29 Chapter 27: Katrina: A Chance to Do It Right
Chapter 30 Chapter 28: From Newcomers to Americans: An Integration Policy
for a Nation of Immigrants
Chapter 31 Chapter 29: Open the Government, A New Information Policy
Chapter 32 Chapter 30: Media and Communications Policy: Ensuring the
Freedom of Expression Essential to a Democracy
Chapter 33 Chapter 31: Restoring Democratic Control Over Corporations
Chapter 34 Chapter 32: Making Our Democracy All It Can Be: An Agenda for
Voting Rights and Election Reform
Chapter 35 Chapter 33: Restoring Balance to the Federal Courts
Chapter 36 Chapter 34: Unleash Democracy: Policies for a New Federalism
Part 37 International Issues
Chapter 38 Chapter 35: Ending the Iraq War and Occupation
Chapter 39 Chapter 36: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan: Rethinking the "Good
War"
Chapter 40 Chapter 37: A New U.S. Policy on Terrorism
Chapter 41 Chapter 38: Eliminating Nuclear Weapons
Chapter 42 Chapter 39: U.S. Policy on the Global Economy: A New Development
Agenda
Chapter 43 Chapter 40: Elements of a Just International Climate Policy
Chapter 44 Chapter 41: Immigration and Migration Policies for a Sustainable
Future
Chapter 45 Chapter 42: U.S. Policy Toward Africa: Advancing a Twenty-First
Century Vision
Chapter 46 Chapter 43: U.S. Policy Toward the Middle East: Elevating Peace
by Resolving Crises
Chapter 47 Chapter 44: U.S. Policy Toward Asia: For a Policy of Equitable
Engagement
Chapter 48 Chapter 45: U.S. Policy Toward Latin America: Supporting
Democratic Diversity
Chapter 49 Chapter 46: Restoring Government Leadership on Human Rights At
Home
Chapter 50 Chapter 47: The Role of Organizing and Movement-Building: The
Sine Qua Non