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21 produkter
Agenda for the Nation
Av Henry J. Aaron, James M. Lindsay m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
374 kr
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More powerful and affluent today than ever, the United States has promising opportunities to influence the course of history. Yet these prospects are shadowed by significant perils and burdens. In this visionary book, leading scholars from the Brookings Institution and other prominent research …
Managing Green Mandates
Local Rigors of U.S. Environmental Regulation
Av Pietro S. Nivola, Jon A. Shields
Häftad, 2001
167 kr
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Federal policies have made great progress protecting the environment. But the policies sometimes have imposed inordinate costs on local governments. Managing Green Mandates describes how various federal environmental directives do not suit diverse conditions at the local level, and compel local …
Comparative Disadvantages?
Social Regulations and the Global Economy
E-bok, 2010
314 kr
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The American economy is in many ways uniquely unfettered. Nowhere else in the industrial world is it easier to set up a discount store, start a new airline, or shrink a payroll. But extensive economic deregulation has been matched by a burgeoning body of social law cracking down on business. From …
Regulating Unfair Trade
E-bok, 2010
287 kr
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In the early 1980s, American complaints about unfair trade practices began to intensify. Sunrise industries, such as manufacturers of semiconductors and telecommunications equipment, joined older complainants, including steel and textile producers, in seeking more safeguards against international …
Extra Mile
Rethinking Energy Policy for Automotive Transportation
Av Pietro S. Nivola, Robert W. Crandall
E-bok, 2010
312 kr
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In the United States, proposals for gasoline tax hikes have consistently met with broad-based congressional opposition. Although such taxes are a common and effective method of conserving energy in other industrialized nations, U.S. policy has traditionally relied on regulatory programs rather than …
What So Proudly We Hailed
Essays on the Contemporary Meaning of the War of 1812
Av Pietro S. Nivola, Peter J. Kastor
E-bok, 2012
418 kr
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With distrust between the political parties running deep and Congress divided, the government of the United States goes to war. The war is waged without adequately preparing the means to finance it or readying suitable contingency plans to contend with its unanticipated complications. The executive …
What Would Madison Do?
The Father of the Constitution Meets Modern American Politics
Av Benjamin Wittes, Pietro S Nivola
E-bok, 2015
320 kr
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What would the father of the Constitution think of contemporary developments in American politics and public policy? Constitutional scholars have long debated whether the American political system, which was so influenced by the thinking of James Madison, has in fact grown outmoded. But if Madison …
What Would Madison Do?
The Father of the Constitution Meets Modern American Politics
Av Benjamin Wittes, Pietro S Nivola
Häftad, 2015
304 kr
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What would the father of the Constitution think of contemporary developments in American politics and public policy?Constitutional scholars have long debated whether the American political system, which was so influenced by the thinking of James Madison, has in fact grown outmoded. But if Madison …
What So Proudly We Hailed
Essays on the Contemporary Meaning of the War of 1812
Av Pietro S. Nivola, Peter J. Kastor
Häftad, 2012
385 kr
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With distrust between the political parties running deep and Congress divided, the government of the United States goes to war. The war is waged without adequately preparing the means to finance it or readying suitable contingency plans to contend with its unanticipated complications. The executive …
Red and Blue Nation?
Consequences and Correction of America's Polarized Politics
Av Pietro S. Nivola, David W. Brady
E-bok, 2008
405 kr
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A Brookings Institution Press and the Hoover Institution publication America's polarized politics are largely disconnected from mainstream public preferences. This disconnect poses fundamental dangers for the representativeness and accountability of government, as well as the already withering …
Red and Blue Nation?
Consequences and Correction of America's Polarized Politics
Av Pietro S. Nivola, David W. Brady
Häftad, 2008
374 kr
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A Brookings Institution Press and the Hoover Institution publicationAmerica's polarized politics are largely disconnected from mainstream public preferences. This disconnect poses fundamental dangers for the representativeness and accountability of government, as well as the already withering …
Laws of the Landscape
How Policies Shape Cities in Europe and America
Häftad, 1999
254 kr
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For decades, concerns have been raised about the consequences of relentless suburban expansion in the United States. But so far, government programs to control urban sprawl have had little effect in slowing it down, much less stopping it. In this book, Pietro S. Nivola raises important questions …
Red and Blue Nation?
Characteristics and Causes of America's Polarized Politics
Av Pietro S. Nivola, David W. Brady
Häftad, 2006
318 kr
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A Brookings Institution Press and the Hoover Institution publicationAnalysts and pundits increasingly perceive a widening gulf between ""red states"" and ""blue states."" Yet the research to support that perception is scattered and sometimes difficult to parse. America's polarized politics, it is …
Red and Blue Nation?
Characteristics and Causes of America's Polarized Politics
Av Pietro S. Nivola, David W. Brady
E-bok, 2007
343 kr
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A Brookings Institution Press and the Hoover Institution publication Analysts and pundits increasingly perceive a widening gulf between ""red states"" and ""blue states."" Yet the research to support that perception is scattered and sometimes difficult to parse. America's polarized politics, it is …
Comparative Disadvantages?
Social Regulations and the Global Economy
Häftad, 1997
298 kr
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The American economy is in many ways uniquely unfettered. Nowhere else in the industrial world is it easier to set up a discount store, start a new airline, or shrink a payroll. But extensive economic deregulation has been matched by a burgeoning body of social law cracking down on business. From …
Regulating Unfair Trade
Häftad, 1993
266 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In the early 1980s, American complaints about unfair trade practices began to intensify. Sunrise industries, such as manufacturers of semiconductors and telecommunications equipment, joined older complainants, including steel and textile producers, in seeking more safeguards against international …
Extra Mile
Rethinking Energy Policy for Automotive Transportation
Av Pietro S. Nivola, Robert W. Crandall
Häftad, 1995
266 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In the United States, proposals for gasoline tax hikes have consistently met with broad-based congressional opposition. Although such taxes are a common and effective method of conserving energy in other industrialized nations, U.S. policy has traditionally relied on regulatory programs rather than …
Tense Commandments
Federal Prescriptions and City Problems
Häftad, 2002
289 kr
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During the past decade, dozens of large cities lost population as jobs and people kept moving to the suburbs. Despite widespread urban revitalization and renewal, one fact remains unmistakable: when choosing where to live and work, Americans prefer the suburbs to the cities. Many underlying causes …
Laws of the Landscape
How Policies Shape Cities in Europe and America
E-bok, 1999
273 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For decades, concerns have been raised about the consequences of relentless suburban expansion in the United States. But so far, government programs to control urban sprawl have had little effect in slowing it down, much less stopping it. In this book, Pietro S. Nivola raises important questions …
Agenda for the Nation
Av Henry J. Aaron, James M. Lindsay m. fl.
E-bok, 2003
405 kr
Lägg i varukorg
More powerful and affluent today than ever, the United States has promising opportunities to influence the course of history. Yet these prospects are shadowed by significant perils and burdens. In this visionary book, leading scholars from the Brookings Institution and other prominent research …
Tense Commandments
Federal Prescriptions and City Problems
E-bok, 1996
305 kr
Lägg i varukorg
During the past decade, dozens of large cities lost population as jobs and people kept moving to the suburbs. Despite widespread urban revitalization and renewal, one fact remains unmistakable: when choosing where to live and work, Americans prefer the suburbs to the cities. Many underlying causes …
