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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808078303321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-280-48745-3

9786613582683

0-8157-2199-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WittesBenjamin

Disciplina

320.60973

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Election - 2012

Political planning - United States

United States Politics and government 2009-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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