From 19th-century trade agreements and treatments to 21st-century reparations, this volume tells the story of the federal agency that shapes and enforces U.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of drug policy in the United States from the early 1900s through the present day, providing historical and social context through the telling of the colorful and often tragic stories of the events and individuals throughout this period.
As Congress debates the reauthorization of the basic federal student aid legislation, and as governors and state legislators cope with increasingly severe budgetary problems of their own, the issues of preserving college opportunity and sharing the burden of college costs are particularly critical and timely.
The twenty-first-century telecommunications landscape is radically different from the one that prevailed as recently as the last decade of the twentieth century.
The story of men who are hurting-and hurting America by their absenceMan Out describes the millions of men on the sidelines of life in the United States.
Exemplary stories of innovation from around the worldIn an age of rising inequality, getting a good education increasingly separates the haves from the have nots.
Hate speech has been a societal problem for many years and has seen a resurgence recently alongside political divisiveness and technologies that ease and accelerate the spread of messages.
Henry George (1839-1897) rose to fame as a social reformer and economist amid the industrial and intellectual turbulence of the late nineteenth century.
Exemplary stories of innovation from around the worldIn an age of rising inequality, getting a good education increasingly separates the haves from the have nots.
Proposing an entirely new governance model to unleash innovation throughout local governmentAt a time when trust is dropping precipitously and American government at the national level has fallen into a state of long-term, partisan-based gridlock, local government can still be effective indeed more effective and even more responsive to the needs of its citizens.
As Congress debates the reauthorization of the basic federal student aid legislation, and as governors and state legislators cope with increasingly severe budgetary problems of their own, the issues of preserving college opportunity and sharing the burden of college costs are particularly critical and timely.
In The Rebirth of the Middle East,Rosenberg discusses how peace, stability, and prosperity are dependent upon economic and trade relations between Israel and Palestine, as well as other neighboring Arab and Muslim countries.
A Brookings Institution Press and the National University of Singapore Press publicationThis is the story of the Singapore healthcare system: how it works, how it is financed, its history, where it is going, and what lessons it may hold for national health systems around the world.
In the 1980s, a nationwide reform movement sprang up in opposition to "e;"e;tracking,"e;"e; the controversial practice of schools grouping students by ability and organizing curriculum by level of difficulty.
The virtual inability to open new hazardous waste management facilities in Canada and the United States stems directly from a form of community opposition so common and vehement that it is commonly identified as a syndrome: Not In My Back Yard (or NIMBY).
The virtual inability to open new hazardous waste management facilities in Canada and the United States stems directly from a form of community opposition so common and vehement that it is commonly identified as a syndrome: Not In My Back Yard (or NIMBY).
In the 1980s, a nationwide reform movement sprang up in opposition to "e;"e;tracking,"e;"e; the controversial practice of schools grouping students by ability and organizing curriculum by level of difficulty.
As Americans struggle with the dual problems of exploding health care costs and ensuring access to health care for the uninsured, health care rationing has moved to the center of the public policy debate.
Over the past two decades Americans have become increasingly skeptical about the benefits of community growth and hostile to new taxes--while continuing to demand improvements in local services.
The ups and downs in housing markets over the past two decades are without precedent, and the costs financial, psychological, and social have been enormous.
In recent years, workers earnings have hardly grown, violence and crime have plagued the inner cities, homelessness and public begging have become commonplace, and family life has greatly deteriorated.
How elected officials, think tanks, and interest groups form partisan policy networks to advance their agendasPartisan Policy Networks explores how policy research in the United States became deeply intertwined with partisan politics in today's polarized era.
Setting National Priorities continues the highly acclaimed and influential series of books that examine domestic and foreign policy choices confronting the United States.
Shining a light on the very different experiences of work in the digital age, this book provides a unique contribution to the reform discussion on the consequences of the fourth industrial revolution.
Shining a light on the very different experiences of work in the digital age, this book provides a unique contribution to the reform discussion on the consequences of the fourth industrial revolution.
