Setting National Priorities The 2000 Election

" If the subject of influence in Washington interests you, this series of books deserves your respectful attention...it has changed the ways in which American politicians think about the budget." "The Washington Post"

The Dawning of a New Era

1

(36)

Robert D. Reischauer

The Economy

2

(1)

The Budget

3

(11)

The Issues

14

(2)

Chapter Summaries

16

(21)

PART ONE The International Challenges

Defense and Foreign Policy: Time to End the Budget Cuts

37

(36)

Michael O'Hanlon

The Budget Facts

38

(2)

U.S. Military Strategy Today

40

(3)

The U.S. Military Today

43

(9)

Buying Adequate National Defense on $275 Billion a Year

52

(12)

International Affairs

64

(5)

Conclusion

69

(4)

Trade Policy at a Crossroads

73

(24)

I. M. Destler

Trade and Economic Performance, 1974--99

73

(2)

Success after Success: NAFTA, the Uruguay Round, and Beyond

75

(1)

The Failure to Extend Fast Track

76

(5)

Anxiety over Globalization

81

(3)

Trade Liberalization: Multiple Reasons to Persist

84

(3)

Breaking the Stalemate

87

(10)

PART TWO The Societal Challenges

Families at Risk

97

(40)

Isabel V. Sawhill

Families under Stress

98

(12)

What Can Be Done?

110

(27)

Growing American Inequality: Sources and Remedies

137

(30)

Gary Burtless

Why Should We Care?

140

(4)

Why Has Inequality Increased?

144

(8)

Policy Responses

152

(6)

Future Directions

158

(3)

Conclusion

161

(1)

Appendix: Measuring Income Inequality

162

(5)

Paying for an Elderly Population

167

(44)

Henry J. Aaron

Robert D. Reischauer

Darling, We Are Growing Older

168

(1)

The Economic Burden of Dependents

169

(2)

Public Budgets

171

(1)

Social Security

172

(17)

Medicare

189

(14)

Medicaid

203

(4)

Conclusion

207

(4)

The Rocky Road to Tax Reform

211

(58)

Henry J. Aaron

William Gale

James Sly

Federal Taxes: An Overview

212

(8)

Effects of Federal Taxes

220

(12)

Does the Budget Surplus Justify Large Tax Cuts?

232

(3)

Strategies for Modifying the Current Tax System

235

(5)

Specific Reforms

240

(8)

Fundamental Tax Reform

248

(13)

Conclusion

261

(8)

PART THREE Domestic Priorities

The National Agenda in Elementary and Secondary Education

269

(34)

Diane Ravitch

Student Performance

270

(5)

The Problem of Teacher Quality

275

(2)

Reforming the Governance of Education

277

(5)

The Need to Reform Categorical Programs

282

(21)

Beyond City Limits: A New Metropolitan Agenda

303

(30)

Bruce Katz

The Patterns of Metropolitan Growth

304

(2)

The Dark Side of Metropolitan Growth

306

(2)

The Challenges Facing Metropolitan Communities

308

(2)

The Impact of Federal and State Policies on Patterns of Metropolitan Growth

310

(6)

The Rise of Metropolitan Politics

316

(8)

The Federal Metropolitan Agenda

324

(3)

The Promise and the Challenge

327

(6)

Federal Crime Policy: Declare a Moratorium

333

(26)

John J. DiIulio Jr.

Public Concern Keeps the Focus on Crime

335

(3)

Counting Crime Victims

338

(3)

Sentencing Violent Felons

341

(7)

Treating Drug-Only Offenders

348

(2)

Handling Juvenile Offenders

350

(9)

Environmental Policy in the Next Century

359

(34)

Paul R. Portney

Trends in Environmental Quality and Public Opinion

360

(5)

The Environmental Protection Agency and Environmental Regulation

365

(8)

New Directions in Environmental Policy

373

(8)

Global Climate Change

381

(4)

Conclusion

385

(8)

PART FOUR Making Government Work

Changing the Shape of Government

393

(28)

Paul C. Light

An Inventory of Change

395

(7)

Accidents and Confusion

402

(11)

Reshaping by Other Means

413

(3)

Conclusion

416

(5)

The Three Faces of Reinvention

421

(28)

Donald F. Kettl

Three Faces

422

(1)

Works Better, Costs Less

423

(2)

What Should Government Do?

425

(1)

Search for Political Relevance

426

(2)

The Effects of Reinvention

428

(7)

The Lessons of Government Reform

435

(3)

Reforming the Reforms

438

(1)

The Government Performance and Results Act

439

(2)

Information Technology

441

(1)

Civil Service Reform

442

(2)

Conclusion

444

(5)

The U.S. Campaign Finance System under Strain

449

(30)

Thomas E. Mann

Campaign Finance Law: Theory versus Practice

450

(7)

Ailments: Chronic and Acute

457

(3)

Comparative Perspectives

460

(2)

Alternative Approaches to Reform

462

(12)

The Politics of Campaign Finance Reform

474

(5)

Contributors

479

(4)

Index

483

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