Brookings Institution Press: 357 books
by Susan B. Glasser
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
In a new Brookings Essay, Politico editor Susan Glasser chronicles how political reporting has changed over the course of her career and reflects on the state of independent journalism after the 2016 election.
The Bookings Essay: In the spirit of its commitment to higquality, independent research,...
Saving Horatio Alger
Equality, Opportunity, and the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
THE BROOKINGS ESSAY: In the spirit of its commitment to high-quality, independent research, the Brookings Institution has commissioned works on major topics of public policy by distinguished authors, including Brookings scholars. The Brookings Essay is a multi-platform product aimed to engage readers...
New Players on the World Stage
Chinese Provinces and Indian States
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
India and China are home to one-third of humanity. In both nations, local and regional leaders outside of New Delhi and Beijing play an increasingly important role in policy decisions. So how do developments in Indian states and Chinese provinces affect the actions of both countries on the world stage?...
Iran Surprises Itself and the World
A New President May Take His Country in a New Direction
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Maloney analyzes President Hassan Rouhani’s ability to direct a new course for Iran’s troubled political situation and embrace the moderation that will ultimately herald the twilight of the revolution. THE BROOKINGS ESSAY: In the spirit of its commitment to high-quality, independent research,...
Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects
Building Resilient Regions
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
The mission of the Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects series is to inform policymakers, practitioners, and scholars about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, reforms, and experiments in addressing the key social and economic problems facing today's cities, suburbs, and metropolitan...
America's New Swing Region
Changing Politics and Demographics in the Mountain West
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
The Mountain West-Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah-has become the new swing region in American politics. All signs point to these states, especially Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, being crucial in the 2012 election. Unfortunately, the rise of this region has been underreported...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Viewed from a global scale, steady progress has been made in reducing extreme poverty-defined by the $1.25-a-day poverty line-over the past three decades. This success has sparked renewed enthusiasm about the possibility of eradicating extreme poverty within a generation. However, progress is expected...
Red Tape
Its Origins, Uses, and Abuses
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
Death, taxes, and red tape. The inevitable trio no one can escape. That wry sense of reality colors Herbert Kaufman's classic study of red tape, the bureaucratic phenomenon that all of us have encountered in some form-from the confounding tax form filled out annually to the maddeningly time-consuming...
The Imperative of Development
The Wolfensohn Center at Brookings
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
The achievements and legacy of the Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings
The Imperative of Development highlights the research and policy analysis produced by the Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings. The Center, which operated from 2006 to 2011, was the first home at Brookings...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
An Agenda for the Nation
What are the biggest issues facing the country as Donald Trump and the GOP-led 115th Congress take office?
Any new administration faces a myriad of issues and problems it must take on as it ascends to power. In this volume, Brookings scholars and others offer...
The Arab Awakening
America and the Transformation of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Even the most seasoned Middle East observers were taken aback by the events of early 2011. Protests born of oppression and socioeconomic frustration erupted throughout the streets; public unrest provoked violent police backlash; long-established dictatorships fell. How did this all happen? What might...
Rocky Times
New Perspectives on Financial Stability
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
It has been four years since the financial crisis of 2008, and the global financial system still is experiencing malaise caused by high rates of unemployment; a lingering, unresolved supply of foreclosed properties; the deepening European debt crisis; and fear of a recurrence of the bank turmoil that...
In the Name of Justice
Striving for the Rule of Law in China
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Of all the issues presented by China’s ongoing economic and sociopolitical transformation, none may ultimately prove as consequential as the development of the Chinese legal system. Even as public demand for the rule of law grows, the Chinese Communist Party still interferes in legal affairs and...
The Soviet Mind
Russian Culture under Communism
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2004
Isaiah Berlin's response to the Soviet Union was central to his identity, both personally and intellectually. Born a Russian subject in Riga in 1909, he spoke Russian as a child and witnessed both revolutions in St. Petersburg in 1917, emigrating to the West in 1921. He first returned to Russia in...