Original essays from seventeen leading scholars, advocates, experts and thinkers on the policies and programs that could give us a better America by 2010.
With an introduction by Mark Green, these important articles, commissioned especially for this book, lay out a practical, progressive program that candidates can run on and govern by—and that voters can use to evaluate candidates.
Contributors:
- Introduction: Mark Green
- Foreign Policy: Sandy Berger, chair, President Clinton's National Security Council
- Proliferation: Jonathan Schell, author, The Unconquerable World
- International Law: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School
- Terrorism at Home and Abroad: Gary Hart, Former U.S. Senator
- Economic Growth: Jamie Galbraith, professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
- Federal Fiscal Policy: Bob Greenstein, founder and executive director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Peter Orszag, senior fellow, The Brookings Institution
- Corporate Governance: Joel Seligman, Dean, Washington University School of Law
- Education: Anthony Alvarado, Chancellor of Instruction, San Diego City Schools
- Health Care: Ron Pollack, Executive Director, Families USA
- Environment: Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club
- Terrorism and Civil Liberties: David Cole, professor, Georgetown University Law Center
- Civil Rights: Chris Edley, professor, Harvard Law School
- Women's Rights: Ellen Chesler, Director, Program on Reproductive Rights, Open Society Institute
- Crime: Christopher Stone, Director, Vera Institute of Justice
- Political Reform: Mark Schmitt, Director, Policy and Research, Open Society Institute
About the Author
Mark Green, President, New Democracy Project, is the author/editor of 18 books and a commentator, public interest lawyer, former New York City Public Advocate, and Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City in 2001. His recent books include The Book on Bush (co-authored with Eric Alterman) and Selling Out. He also lectures at New York University and appears weekly on NY1's program Wise Guys with Ed Koch and Al D'Amato. The New Democracy Project is a national-urban affairs institute in New York advancing democratic participation, economic growth and fairness, and social justice.
