This book offers a realistic plan to put pilot remote Internet voting programmes into effect nationwide. It addresses many of the important questions raised regarding security, accessibility, and impact on American civic life.

Drawing on survey responses from historians and political scientists at colleges and universities across the US, this text ranks and summarizes the 50 greatest US government achievements from 1944 to 1999. They are ranked based on difficulty, importance and degree of success.

Focusing on the role of US institutions in combating youth violence, this text seeks to show the problem's complex and multi-dimensional character. It brings together professionals and acedemics across disciplines to focus on the co-ordination and implementation of youth anti-violence strategies.

Argues that the contemporary approach of negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol is misdirected, and offers what the authors believe is a blueprint for more effective policy. They believe that managing uncertainty - particularly future costs - is key to realistic climate policy.

Spanning the disciplines of economics, finance, political economy and international relations, this analytical review is a mainstream primer for defining the issues of the world economy and catalyzing a fruitful public debate. It also offers practical recommendations for policymakers.

Spanning the disciplines of economics, finance, political economy and international relations, this analytical review is a mainstream primer for defining the issues of the world economy and catalyzing a fruitful public debate. It also offers practical recommendations for policymakers.

Explores how the American public sector must evolve and adapt to exploit the possibilities of digital governance fully and fairly. Drawing from case studies, the book argues that the real challenge lies in overcoming the entrenched organizational and political divisions within the state.

Reviews current American military capabilities and offers suggestions for the new administration and Congress. Throughout the book, the author looks for ways to close the gap between the cost of projected US defense forces and the budget actually available to the Pentagon.

In this memoir, Ambassador Raymond Garthoff paints a dynamic diplomatic history of the Cold War, tracing the life of the conflict from the vantage point of an observant insider who, during a 40-year career, participated in some of the most important policymaking of the 20th century.

The legal and historical significance of the 2000 US election between Bush and Gore will be studied and debated for years to come. This volume combines the most important source documents with the most intelligent opinion and analysis about the conflict and its controversial resolution.

Using US history as a guide, this text develops a theory of fair representation that establishes various principles for translating state populations - or vote totals of parties - into a fair allocation of congressional seats.

The seventh in a series of annual volumes on the financial sector from the Brookings Institution and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania focuses on public policy issues confronting the insurance industry.

For almost thirty years, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) has provided academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research of current economic issues.

Subscribe to Brookings Papers on Economic Activity For almost thrity years, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) has provided academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues.