Adrift
Charting Our Course Back to a Great Nation
1st Edition
Published on 5. July 2011
258 pages
978-1-61614-404-3 (ISBN)
Description
This timely book not only diagnoses the critical systemic weaknesses plaguing America, but also lays out a workable blueprint for tackling the critical challenges we face today. With the intent of spurring a constructive national dialogue, the authors examine how: -We Americans can be jolted out of our complacency and motivated to bold action and common purpose. -Government can work in concert with industry to foster innovation and pursue critical goals. -We can elevate the quality of our educational system to meet new challenges. -We must encourage the best and the brightest immigrants from around the world to participate in the nation's future. -Individual cities and states are showing the way forward based on local initiatives. This book is more than a compelling narrative and a candid look at our current malaise. It is an inspiring call to action on how we as a nation can once again attain our full potential and thrive.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
File size
2,71 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-61614-404-3 (9781616144043)
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Book
08/2011
Prometheus Books
€24.00
Shipment within 3-4 weeks
Person
By William C. Harris
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico
- Preface: Why We Have Written This Book
- Chapter 1: Are Americans Still Capable of Bold Action and Common Purpose?
- Chapter 2: Is it Too Late to Restore American Ambition?
- Chapter 3: What's So Bad about Good Government?
- Chapter 4: Have We Lost Contact with Our Democracy?
- Chapter 5: Can America Prosper in the Twenty-First Century without Classroom Excellence?
- Chapter 6: Don't We Want the Best and Brightest to Come and Stay?
- Chapter 7: What Can America Learn from Ireland?
- Chapter 8: Do We Still Care about Jobs and Making Things?
- Chapter 9: Have We Lost Our Edge for Innovation?
- Chapter 10: Will Our States Be Part of the Solution?
- Chapter 11: Can Our Cities Show the Way Forward?
- Chapter 12: Are We Ready for Leadership That Represents the Best of Us?
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover
