Mandate for Change

Chester Hartman

doi:10.5771/9780739131695

Summary

Three decades ago, conservative ideologues at The Heritage Foundation produced a primer on the Reagan Revolution entitled Mandate for Leadership, which offered an overarching philosophy against the role of government and in favor of markets. This volume, produced by the Institute for Policy Studies, which since 1963 has been the nation's leading progressive policy organization, offers a set of specific policy proposals for the incoming national administration on every major domestic and international topic, written specifically for the book by a leading thinker and activist in the field. These chapters set forth a fundamental, badly needed 'mandate for change' to reinvigorate government and rethink the role of markets and civil society. Each one includes an essay supporting the proposed policies and a resource list of relevant organizations, websites, and readings. It is perfect for public policy courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-3167-1
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-3169-5
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 473
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Editor's Introduction No access
1 Progressives and the Incoming Administration No access Pages 1 - 10
1. 2 The United States Can Cut Poverty in Half No access
2. 3 High-Quality, Affordable Health Care for All No access
3. 4 The Education (Policy) We Need for the Citizens We Have No access
4. 5 The Affordable Housing Crisis: It Is a Solvable Problem No access
5. 6 Homelessness: Action to End and Prevent the Crisis No access
6. 7 A New Policy for Justice and Public Safety No access
7. 8 A Road Map for Juvenile Justice Reform No access
8. 9 Drug Policy Reform and Neutralizing the Third Rail of Politics No access
9. 10 Policies toward the Elderly: Strengthening Social Security and Medicare No access
10. 11 An Economic Justice Agenda No access
11. 12 Toward a Fair and Adequate Tax System No access
12. 13 Ending Extreme Inequality: The Need to Concentrate on Concentrated Wealth No access
13. 14 Re-establishing a Workers' Rights Agenda No access
14. 15 Will the Incoming Administration Cut the Racial Trip Wire? No access
15. 16 Turning King's Dream into Reality No access
16. 17 Climate and Energy Solutions for a Secure, Equitable and Sustainable Future No access
17. 18 Green Jobs in a Sustainable Economy No access
18. 19 Advancing Women's Equality No access
19. 20 Strengthening Families and Creating Pathways to Opportunity No access
20. 21 The "Homosexual Agenda," Revisited No access
21. 22 Promoting Full Participation of People with Disabilities No access
22. 23 A Budget Is a Statement of Values No access
23. 24 A Food System We Can Believe In No access
24. 25 Transforming U.S. Transportation No access
25. 26 Rebuilding and Renewing America: A National Infrastructure Plan for the Twenty-first Century No access
26. 27 Katrina: A Chance to Do It Right No access
27. 28 From Newcomers to Americans: An Integration Policy for a Nation of Immigrants No access
28. 29 Open the Government, A New Information Policy No access
29. 30 Media and Communications Policy: Ensuring the Freedom of Expression Essential to a Democracy No access
30. 31 Restoring Democratic Control over Corporations No access
31. 32 Making Our Democracy All It Can Be: An Agenda for Voting Rights and Election Reform No access
32. 33 Restoring Balance to the Federal Courts No access
33. 34 Unleash Democracy: Policies for a New Federalism No access
1. 35 Ending the Iraq War and Occupation No access
2. 36 U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan: Rethinking the "Good War" No access
3. 37 A New U.S. Policy on Terrorism No access
4. 38 Eliminating Nuclear Weapons No access
5. 39 U.S. Policy on the Global Economy: A New Development Agenda No access
6. 40 Elements of a Just International Climate Policy No access
7. 41 Immigration and Migration Policies for a Sustainable Future No access
8. 42 U.S. Policy toward Africa: Advancing a Twenty-first Century Vision No access
9. 43 U.S. Policy toward the Middle East: Elevating Peace by Resolving Crises No access
10. 44 U.S. Policy toward Asia: For a Policy of Equitable Engagement No access
11. 45 U.S. Policy toward Latin America: Supporting Democratic Diversity No access
12. 46 Restoring Government Leadership on Human Rights at Home No access
13. 47 The Role of Organizing and Movement-Building: The Sine Qua Non No access
Index No access Pages 447 - 464
Contributors No access Pages 465 - 473