Brookings Institution Press: 357 books
Government by Investigation
Congress, Presidents, and the Search for Answers, 19452012
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Paul C. Light examines and evaluates the 100 most significant investigations of policy failures, bureaucratic mistakes, and personal misconduct undertaken by the U.S. federal government between 1945 and 2012. Launched by Congress or the president, sometimes by both at the same time, the investigations...
The Lingering Conflict
Israel, The Arabs, and the Middle East 19482012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
In The Lingering Conflict Itamar Rabinovich, a former chief negotiator for Israel, provides unique and authoritative insight into the prospects for genuine peace in the Middle East. His presentation includes a detailed insider account of the peace processes of 199296 and a frank dissection of the...
Journey into Europe
Islam, Immigration, and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
The study is based on ethnography and fieldwork among the various Muslim communities in Europe and it provides the entire scope of the Muslim community across the continent and also in the different phases of history involving European society and Muslims.
It provides concrete recommendations,...
The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette
For Everyone with a Stake in Politicians and Journalists
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Revised and updated just in time for the 2000 campaign, this shrewd and amusing series of observations provides a political etiquette for campaign behavior on the part of both politicians and journalists. Features illustrations by America's foremost political cartoonists, including Herblock, Paul...
Monnet's Brandy and Europe's Fate
A Determined Frenchman's Vision of Integration Serves as a Guide to Ending the Eurozone Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
The past five years have been turbulent for the eurozone. Yet leaders such as Angela Merkel and François Hollande are determined to keep The European Project intact, and even among one-time critics there is a broad consensus that the eurozone will have to hang together. Strobe Talbott introduces...
Leading Change from the Middle
A Practical Guide to Building Extraordinary Capabilities
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Bookshelves abound with theoretical analyses, how-to guides, and personal success stories by famous corporate leaders, public officials, even athletic coaches, expounding on how to lead from the top. But what about those in the middle who are increasingly tasked with trying to reshape, reorient, or...
Zhu Rongji on the Record
The Shanghai Years, 1987-1991
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Zhu Rongji served as party secretary and mayor of Shanghai from 1987 to early 1991. During that time, he began to reorganize state-owned industries, cracked down on bureaucratism, planned major reforms in land leasing and public housing, initiated massive infrastructure projects, launched construction...
by Verghese Koithara
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
India is now enmeshed in the deterrence game-actively with its traditional adversary Pakistan, and potentially with China. At the same time it is finding easier access to fissile materials and strategic technologies. In order to deal with these developments safely and wisely, the nation needs a much...
Zhu Rongji on the Record
The Road to Reform 1991-1997
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
China's explosive transformation from a planned economy to a more market-oriented one over the past three decades owes much to the charismatic reformer Zhu Rongji. His pragmatism and strong work ethic have been key forces in China's drive to greater modernization and global stature. He served as the...
Inequality
A Short History
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Inequality endangers the fabric of our societies, distorts the functioning of democracy, and derails the globalization process. Yet, it has only recently been recognized as a problem worth examining. Why has this issue been neglected for so long?
In Inequality: A Short History, Michele Alacevich...
Beyond Snowden
Privacy, Mass Surveillance, and the Struggle to Reform the NSA
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Safeguarding Our Privacy and Our Values in an Age of Mass Surveillance
America’s mass surveillance programs, once secret, can no longer be ignored. While Edward Snowden began the process in 2013 with his leaks of top secret documents, the Obama administration’s own reforms have also helped...
Dealing with Dysfunction
Innovative Problem Solving in the Public Sector
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
How can we intervene in the systemic bureaucratic dysfunction that beleaguers the public sector? De Jong examines the roots of this dysfunction and presents a novel approach to solving it. Drawing from academic literature on bureaucracy and problem solving in the public sector, and the clinical work...
Reclaiming the American Dream
Proven Solutions for Creating Economic Opportunity for All
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Unlocking the American Dream
At a time when deep divisions headline the national discourse on equality, Reclaiming the American Dream: Proven Solutions for Creating Economic Opportunity for All uses real-world examples to illustrate how America can evolve to include everyone in its promise...
Escaping Jurassic Government
How to Recover Americas Lost Commitment to Competence
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Why big government is not the problem.
The Progressive government movement, founded on support from Republicans and Democrats alike, reined in corporate trusts and improved the lives of sweatshop workers. It created modern government, from the Federal Reserve to the nation’s budgetary and...