Across the Aisle (eBook, ePUB)

Why Bipartisanship Works for America
Redaktion: Long Thompson, Jill

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bipartisanship has been essential to America's success throughout its history. Today, however, there seems waning interest by politicians in both parties to work together to address pressing issues and find solutions.

In Across the Aisle, highly respected Republicans and Democrats argue persuasively that, time and again, bipartisanship on the local, state, and national levels has proven integral to moving America forward. Citing numerous examples, the contributors convincingly demonstrate that in the past and even in the present, politicians have set aside their differences and achieved compromises that put their towns, states, and country first.

A compelling and inspirational reminder that a two-party system built on compromise and mutual respect is integral to a functioning democracy, Across the Aisle offers a lodestone for our divisive time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253070739
• Artikelnr.: 70325407

Autorenporträt

edited by Jill Long Thompson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Achieving Our Goals Through Bipartisanship, by Marcy Kaptur
Acknowledgments
Introduction: America is Facing a Crisis Point, by Trent Lott and Tom
Daschle
Part I: Bipartisanship and America
1. Bipartisanship and a Stronger Democracy in American History, by John
Harwood
2. Reflections on Bipartisanship, by Todd Young
3. Collaboration, Compromise, and Bipartisanship, by Dan Glickman
4. Why Bipartisanship Is Such Hard Work, by Marjorie Randon Hershey
Part II: Bipartisanship at Work
5. What Bipartisanship Really Looks Like, by André Carson
6. Bipartisanship and Leadership, by Olympia Snowe
7. Bipartisanship and Medicare Payment Reform, by Allyson Y. Schwartz and
Charlene MacDonald
8. Legions of Cosponsors for the Military, by Jason Altmire
9. Public Safety Is Not a Partisan Matter, by Curt Weldon
10. Bipartisanship Needed to Reduce Gun Violence, by Paul Helmke
11. Working Together for a Healthier Environment, by Don Bonker
12. A Bipartisan Agenda for Defending Free Enterprise, Assuring Honest
Government, and Fighting Climate Change, by Richard W. Painter
Afterword: Bipartisanship Is Essential to Democracy, by Jill Long Thompson