What Do We Expect From Our Government? provides a glimpse at this set of developments by focusing on a number of policies, such as climate change, immigration, and terrorism, as well as governance processes such as oversight, elections and campaigns, and regulation. It highlights the role of research in public sector decision-making, the role of the academy, the relationship between economic imperatives and scientific information, and dealing with uncertainty and change. In addition, it includes attention to broader issues such as national economic and fiscal policies and strategies for assuring equity and access in programs.…mehr
What Do We Expect From Our Government? provides a glimpse at this set of developments by focusing on a number of policies, such as climate change, immigration, and terrorism, as well as governance processes such as oversight, elections and campaigns, and regulation. It highlights the role of research in public sector decision-making, the role of the academy, the relationship between economic imperatives and scientific information, and dealing with uncertainty and change. In addition, it includes attention to broader issues such as national economic and fiscal policies and strategies for assuring equity and access in programs.
Beryl A. Radin is the scholar in residence for the School of Public Affairs at American University. Joshua M. Chanin is a research assistant at The National Institute of Justice in Washington, D.C.
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1 Forward 2 Introduction: What Do We Expect from Our Government? Part 3 One: The Policy and Historical Context Chapter 4 1. The FDR Legacy: Yesterday and Today Chapter 5 2. The Economic Crisis: How Can We Deal with It? Chapter 6 3. Worrying about Equity Issues: The Case of Youth Policy and Poverty Part 7 Two: Policy Debates Chapter 8 4. Climate Change, the Economic Crisis, and Prospectus for the Future 9 Climate Change Panel Summary Chapter 10 5. Countering Myths about Terrorism: Some Lessons Learned from the Global Terrorism Database 11 Terrorism Panel Summary Chapter 12 6. What Do We Expect from our Government Representatives on Immigration? 13 Immigration Panel Summary Part 14 Three: Focusing on Processes Chapter 15 7. Transition Time at the National Level: The Government, Congress, and Party Leaders 16 Oversight Panel Summary Chapter 17 8. What Do We Expect from Our Elections? 18 Elections and Campaigns Panel Summary Chapter 19 9. Restoring Public Protections: Regulatory Challenges Confronting President Obama and the 111th Congress 20 Regulation Panel Summary 21 About the Editors 22 Conference Information
1 Forward 2 Introduction: What Do We Expect from Our Government? Part 3 One: The Policy and Historical Context Chapter 4 1. The FDR Legacy: Yesterday and Today Chapter 5 2. The Economic Crisis: How Can We Deal with It? Chapter 6 3. Worrying about Equity Issues: The Case of Youth Policy and Poverty Part 7 Two: Policy Debates Chapter 8 4. Climate Change, the Economic Crisis, and Prospectus for the Future 9 Climate Change Panel Summary Chapter 10 5. Countering Myths about Terrorism: Some Lessons Learned from the Global Terrorism Database 11 Terrorism Panel Summary Chapter 12 6. What Do We Expect from our Government Representatives on Immigration? 13 Immigration Panel Summary Part 14 Three: Focusing on Processes Chapter 15 7. Transition Time at the National Level: The Government, Congress, and Party Leaders 16 Oversight Panel Summary Chapter 17 8. What Do We Expect from Our Elections? 18 Elections and Campaigns Panel Summary Chapter 19 9. Restoring Public Protections: Regulatory Challenges Confronting President Obama and the 111th Congress 20 Regulation Panel Summary 21 About the Editors 22 Conference Information
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