Author : J. Kenneth Blackwell
Publisher : Cumberland House
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,74 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
In direct challenge to the liberal political thinking that built the welfare state, Blackwell, the future Ohio gubernatorial candidate, and Corsi have developed a blueprint for a new War on Poverty.
Author : Scott Myers-Lipton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 44,27 MB
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317253167
In Obama's America public works is once again a part of the national dialogue. Today it is offered as a solution to the economic downturn and to the public infrastructure crisis. This timely book examines the reasons for the economic crisis facing Main Street, and connects them to why the nation has structurally deficient bridges, weak levees, poorly maintained dams, and dilapidated schools. The book goes on to analyse the history of US public works, updating lessons from the New Deal, to understand the most effective way to organise a modern US civic works project, based on a civic works pilot project for the Gulf Coast. One chapter features new contributions by Howard Zinn, Angela Glover Blackwell, and other leading scholars and thinkers weighing in on how an US civic works project might solve our economic, infrastructure, and environmental crises.
Author : Lisbeth Schorr
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 25,98 MB
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0307788032
In her previous book, Within Our Reach, renowned Harvard social analyst Lisbeth Schorr examined pilot social programs that were successful in helping disadvantaged youth and families. But as those cutting-edge programs were expanded, the very qualities that had made them initially successful were jettisoned, and less than half of them ultimately survived. As a result, these groundbreaking programs never made a dent on the national or statewide level. Lisbeth Schorr has spent the past seven years researching and identifying large-scale programs across the country that are promising to reduce, on a community- or citywide level, child abuse, school failure, teenage pregnancy, and welfare dependence. From reformed social service agencies in Missouri, Michigan, and Los Angeles to "idiosyncratic" public schools in New York City, she shows how private and public bureaucracies are successfully nurturing programs that are flexible and responsive to the community, that have set clear, long-term goals, and that permit staff to exercise individual judgment in helping the disadvantaged. She shows how what works in small-scale pilot social programs can be adapted on a large scale to transform whole inner-city neighborhoods and reshape America. On the heels of the federal government's dismantling of welfare guarantees, Common Purpose offers a welcome antidote to our current sense of national despair, and concrete proof that America's social institutions can be made to work to assure that all the nation's children develop the tools to share in the American dream.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Economic Development
Publisher :
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 30,78 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Author : Dick Martin
Publisher : Amacom Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 28,49 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814473337
Tilting at windmills -- The queen of branding -- Charlotte in wonderland -- The prince of pollsters -- Measuring distance in kilograms -- Why do they hate us? -- The pictures in their heads -- The business of America -- The power of brands -- Brand America -- CEOs in handcuffs -- Plague or paranoia -- In search of anti-anti-Americans -- The path to happy -- Sink roots, don't just spread branches -- Go glocal -- Share your customers' cares -- Stiff-necked, tree-hugging critics -- Share your customers' dreams -- Myth America -- A lever to move the world -- Waging peace.
Author : Alan Mallach
Publisher : Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 50,33 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781558442795
This study offers a way to think about the regeneration of America's legacy cities -- older industrial cities that have experienced sustained job and population loss over the past few decades. It argues that regeneration is grounded in the cities' abilities to find new forms. These include not only new physical forms that reflect the changing economy and social fabric, but also new forms of export-oriented economic activity, new models of governance and leadership, and new ways to build stronger regional and metropolitan relationships. The report also identifies the powerful obstacles that stand in the way of fundamental change, and suggests directions by which cities can overcome those obstacles and embark on the path of regeneration.
Author : Van Jones
Publisher : Nation Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 22,26 MB
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1568587147
President Obama's former Green Jobs czar sets forth a bold new manifesto that reclaims the American Dream on behalf of all working Americans.
Author : Ken E. Norwood
Publisher :
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 14,40 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Jack E. Bowsher
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 14,63 MB
Release : 2011-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1462014895
NATIONAL CRISIS IN LEADERSHIP Ten years ago, our nation was on the right road to fiscal stability with four years of surpluses totaling $560 billion. Unfortunately, private and public sector senior executives made serious mistakes during the past decade, resulting in our federal government being on the road to a financial meltdown. This could lead to a long-term and deep economic depression like the 1930s. In Educating Voters for Rebuilding America, Jack Bowsher takes a deep, investigative look into how Americans can turn the country around. To avoid many tax increases being discussed in Washington, DC, Bowsher argues that there must be systemic changes in many areas of our government and in the free enterprise system. Only then will Americans enjoy economic prosperity, higher employment levels, affordable education systems, a balanced budget, a modern, nation-wide energy system, and much more. Bowsher describes how these national goals can be achieved in this decade by implementing the required systemic changes, and also shows how Social Security and Medicare benefits can be affordable in future years. Voters must be educated on the major issues and challenges facing our nation. Only they have the power to end the civil war between our two political parties by electing qualified candidates in the White House and Congress in 2012. Educate yourself today!
Author : Anthony Esolen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1621575691
"Out of the Ashes is a full-throated, stout-hearted call to arms—soul-stirring,uncompromising, and irresistible." —ROD DREHER, author of The Benedict Option "Out of the Ashes is an astonishing combination of energy, humor, insight, and exceptional erudition, topped off by a vivid personal style and a special gift for tweaking the nose of secularist nonsense-peddlers. If you’re looking for a guide to our current cultural predicament (and how to fix it), one that’s sobering and invigorating at the same time, start with this book." —CHARLES J. CHAPUT, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia "Anthony Esolen is one of our nation’s best writers because he’s one of our best thinkers. Out of the Ashes is vintage Esolen: eloquent, bold, insightful, profound." — RYAN T. ANDERSON, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, and author of Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and ReligiousFreedom What do you do when an entire civilization is crumbling around you? You do everything. This is a book about how to get started. The Left’s culture war threatens America’s foundation and its very civilization, warns Esolen in his brand new book, Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture. They will tell you that babies in the womb are fetuses, that gender is a social construct, and that the backbone of society is government not the community. In Out of the Ashes, Esolen outlines his surprisingly simple plan to take back American culture— start at home. Esolen urges us to demand a return to values in our homes, our schools, our churches, and our communities, and to reject political correctness. “We must become tellers of truth again—and people who are willing to hear truths, especially when it hurts to hear them.”
