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Title
The new American story / Bill Bradley.
Author
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781400065073 (alk. paper)
1400065070 (alk. paper)
1400065070 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Random House, c2007.
Language
English
Description
xv, 364 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
JK275 .B69 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.931
Summary
"Politics is stuck," writes Bill Bradley, in this insightful, informative, and provocative book about America at a crossroads, but "idealism isn't dead. It can be reawakened." Bradley believes that America is at a teachable moment when we are compelled to reevaluate our political system, our leadership, our agenda as a nation, and ourselves as citizens. He explores what changes need to be made in our parties, in our politics, and in citizen activism to ensure America's future, and suggests that the party that chooses to embrace this will be in power for a generation. Now more than ever, he says, we need to embrace an "ethic of connectedness," a combination of collective action and individual responsibility, to solve our nation's most pressing problems, and he argues that the fate of all countries is bound together as never before.--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The story we're told
Heritage
America's role in the world
The economy
Oil and the environment
Pensions
Health care
Education
Politics
Why Republicans can't
Why Democrats don't
Why the new story is good politics
What citizens can do.
Heritage
America's role in the world
The economy
Oil and the environment
Pensions
Health care
Education
Politics
Why Republicans can't
Why Democrats don't
Why the new story is good politics
What citizens can do.