Includes bibliographical references (p. 582-619) and index.
Contents:
A national curriculum in the United States? / Marshall S. Smith, Jennifer A. O'Day, David K. Cohen -- Housing the American poor / Michael Greenberg -- The Atlanta Project / Steven H. Hochman -- Rethinking the war on drugs / Ethan A. Nadelmann -- Drugs : the Dutch experience / Henk Jan van Vliet -- How the war on crime cripples criminal justice / Linn Washington, Jr. -- Habitat for Humanity International / Millard Fuller -- Family, friends and community : a legacy to reclaim / Clifton L. Taulbert -- Homelessness and AIDS / Charles King -- AIDS : realizations at bedside / Mary Jane Nealon -- The people and the land / Joseph Rael -- A very small farm / William Paul Winchester -- Out of your car, off your horse : 27 propositions about global thinking and the sustainability of cities / Wendell Berry -- Self-sufficiency / Kirkpatrick Sale -- Local economies, local communities / Helena Norberg-Hodge. Preserving America's forests / Richard Manning -- Examining American free trade / Walter Russell Mead -- Free trade vs. sustainable agriculture / Mark Ritchie -- The disorders of peace / Richard J. Barnet -- A view from Russia / Genrikh Borovik -- Corporations as machines / Jerry Mander -- Commercialism vs. culture / Ronald K.L. Collins, Michael F. Jacobson -- Democratizing communication / Clifford Roth -- A national health insurance program for the United States / Kevin Grumbach -- Canada's experience with national health care / Dennis R. Timbrell -- Returning rights to the work force / Lance Compa -- Raising women's earnings : the family issue of the 1990s / Roberta Spalter-Roth, Heidi Hartmann -- Job training and employee benefits / Anthony Patrick Carnevale -- Childhood poverty / Bettye Caldwell -- Solving the nation's child care dilemma : the school of the 21st century / Edward F. Zigler -- The free market, government, people and profits / William Kistler -- Turning the economy around / Robert Heilbroner -- Insuring prosperous times and full employment / John H.G. Pierson -- The indicators crisis / Hazel Henderson -- The growth illusion / Richard Douthwaite -- Defending America : sensible military options / Admiral Gene La Rocque -- The cost of CIA disinformation / Laura Flanders -- The road back to representation : the case for public funding of elections / Craig McDonald, David Eppler -- Campaign financing in England / Dudley Fishburn -- New rules for banking / Martin Mayer -- The hidden costs of corporate takeovers / Jonathan Greenberg -- Creating a renewable energy future / Jonathan Becker -- Vermont's experience with renewable energy / Richard Sedano -- Creating a conservationist economy / Jonathan Greenberg -- Results first : an integrated approach to environmental policy / Douglas M. Brown --
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