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Bush on the Home Front


Bush on the Home Front

Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks

von: John D. Graham

9,49 €

Verlag: Indiana University Press
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 30.03.2010
ISBN/EAN: 9780253004130
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 440

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<p>Military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq consumed so much attention during his presidency that few people appreciated that George W. Bush was also an activist on the home front. Despite limited public support, and while confronting a deeply divided Congress, Bush engineered and implemented reforms of public policy on a wide range of issues: taxes, education, health care, energy, environment, and regulatory reform. In Bush on the Home Front, former Bush White House official and academic John D. Graham analyzes Bush's successes in these areas and setbacks in other areas such as Social Security and immigration reform. Graham provides valuable insights into how future presidents can shape U.S. domestic policy while facing continuing partisan polarization.</p>
<p>Contents<br>Preface and Acknowledgments</p>
<p> 1. Ambiguous Mandate, Polarized Congress<br> 2. Lower Taxes, More Spending<br> 3. The Social Security Debacle<br> 4. Making Sure Kids Learn<br> 5. Drug Coverage for Seniors<br> 6. Producing More Energy<br> 7. Consuming Less Energy<br> 8. Cleaner Air, Warmer Climate<br> 9. Illegal Immigration: Punishment or Amnesty?<br> 10. Tort and Regulatory Reform<br> 11. Meltdown and Bailouts<br> 12. Taking Stock, with Lessons for Future Presidents</p>
<p>Notes<br>Index</p>
<p>2011 AAUP Public and Secondary School Library Selection</p>
<p>John D. Graham is Dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. From 2001 to 2006 he served as the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, White House Office of Management and Budget. </p>
<p>Watch a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/iuspea?feature=mhw4#p/a/u/0/pkWW3i41BCw">video</a> of author John Graham explaining the idea of a cross-partisan solution from his book.</p>
<p>In this magnificent book, John D. Graham shows that George W. Bush was a domestic policy activist from start to finish—pertinacious, astute, and surprisingly successful. With a thin electoral mandate, faced with great political polarization and a consuming foreign crisis, Bush 43 nonetheless advanced his domestic agenda to an impressive degree. Bush on the Home Front scores the wins, losses, and muddles—and lays out a penetrating analysis of legislative and administrative strategies that every future president will want to study. John Graham has admirably combined insider insight and scholarly detachment; right out of the box, he has set a very high standard for histories of a complex and contentious period in American politics.</p>

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