Government's Greatest Achievements

Government's Greatest Achievements
Author: Paul C. Light
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0815716370

In an era of promises to create smaller, more limited government, Americans often forget that the federal government has amassed an extraordinary record of successes over the past half century. Despite seemingly insurmountable odds, it helped rebuild Europe after World War II, conquered polio and other life-threatening diseases, faced down communism, attacked racial discrimination, reduced poverty among the elderly, and put men on the moon. In Government's Greatest Achievements, Paul C. Light explores the federal government's most successful accomplishments over the previous five decades and anticipates the most significant challenges of the next half century. While some successes have come through major legislation such as the 1965 Medicare Act, or large-scale efforts like the Apollo space program, most have been achieved through collections of smaller, often unheralded statutes. Drawing on survey responses from 230 historians and 220 political scientists at colleges and universities nationwide, Light ranks and summarizes the fifty greatest government achievements from 1944 to 1999. The achievements were ranked based on difficulty, importance, and degree of success. Through a series of twenty vignettes, he paints a vivid picture of the most intense government efforts to improve the quality of life both at home and abroad—from enhancing health care and workplace safety, to expanding home ownership, to improving education, to protecting endangered species, to strengthening the national defense. The book also examines how Americans perceive government's greatest achievements, and reveals what they consider to be its most significant failures. America is now calling on the government to resolve another complex, difficult problem: the defeat of terrorism. Light concludes by discussing this enormous task, as well as government's other greatest priorities for the next fifty years.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1694
Release: 1988
Genre: Economic assistance, Domestic
ISBN:

Identifies and describes specific government assistance opportunities such as loans, grants, counseling, and procurement contracts available under many agencies and programs.

Evaluating Programs to Increase Student Achievement

Evaluating Programs to Increase Student Achievement
Author: Martin H. Jason
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2008-03-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1452211426

This updated edition on evaluating the effectiveness of school programs provides an expanded needs-assessment section, additional methods for data analysis, and tools for communicating program results.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 904
Release: 1926
Genre: Agricultural extension work
ISBN:

Extension Work Bulletins

Extension Work Bulletins
Author: Clemson University. Extension Service
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1710
Release: 1928
Genre: Agricultural extension work
ISBN: