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A Brookings Institution Press and the Hoover Institution publication America's polarized politics are largely disconnected from mainstream public preferences. This disconnect poses fundamental dangers for the representativeness and accountability of government, as well as the already withering public trust in it. As the 2008 presidential race kicks into gear, the political climate certainly will not become less polarized. With important issue...

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Looks at the War of 1812 in part through the lens of today's America. This provocative book asks: What did Americans learn - and not learn - from the experience? What instructive parallels and distinctions can be drawn with more recent events? How did it shape the nation?

In this book, Pietro S. Nivola raises important questions about the continued suburbanization of America, comparing sprawling U.S. metropolitan areas to compact development patterns in Europe, and taking a hard look at the traditional solutions of U.S. urban policy agenda.

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In this book, Pietro Nivola examines the strenuous effort to combat the objectionable trading practices of other countries and contends that foreign protectionism lower East-West tensions, and alleged American decline in the face of international competition cannot fully explain the stiffening regulation of unfair trade.

Despite widespread urban revitalization and renewal, Americans still prefer the suburbs to the cities. While many of the underlying causes of the urban predicament are familiar, there is also the less recognized possibility that regulatory policies of the federal government disadvantage the cities and ultimately burden their ability to attract residents and businesses. This book encourages renewed reflection on the suitable balance between nat...

Federal policies have made great progress protecting the environment. But the policies sometimes have imposed inordinate costs on local governments. Managing Green Mandates describes how various federal environmental directives do not suit diverse conditions at the local level, and compel local communities to spend their revenues on reducing relatively minor risks to the public health.

Examines the War of 1812 in part through the lens of today's America. This provocative book asks: What did Americans learn - and not learn - from the experience? What instructive parallels and distinctions can be drawn with more recent events? How did it shape the nation? What emerges is a revealing perspective on a problematic "war of choice" - the US's first, but one with intriguing implications for others, including at least one in the pres...

The book concludes that in a global economy the burdensome regulations of foreign countries deserve attention, but increasingly so do the burdens that American ' adversarial legalism' imposes on itself and sometimes on others. Ideas and prospects for correcting the problem are discussed throughout.

In this volume, Pietro S. Nivola and Robert W. Crandall argue that a higher levy on gasoline would be a more efficient way of reducing the consumption and importation of oil in the U.S. than existing automotive fuel economy standards.

During the past decade, dozens of large cities lost population as jobs and people kept moving to the suburbs. Despite widespread urban revitalization and renewal, one fact remains unmistakable: when choosing where to live and work, Americans prefer the suburbs to the cities.

Analysts and pundits increasingly perceive a widening gulf between "red states" and "blue states." Yet the research to support that perception is scattered and sometimes difficult to parse.