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The Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government and the Duties of the Citizen

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Book 1965

Dilemmas of Urban America

Robert C. Weaver

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674366572
ISBN:: 9780674366565
ISBN:: 9780674366572
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Sociology
Subject:: Sociology, other
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1962

The Future of Federalism

Nelson A. Rockefeller

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674420502
ISBN:: 9780674420496
ISBN:: 9780674420502
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science, other
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1955

National Security and Individual Freedom

John Lord O'Brian

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674421608
ISBN:: 9780674421561
ISBN:: 9780674421608
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science, other
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1953

The Challenge to American Foreign Policy

John J. McCloy

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674428539
ISBN:: 9780674499669
ISBN:: 9780674428539
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science, other
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1926

Congress

An Explanation

Robert Luce

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674420946
ISBN:: 9780674427716
ISBN:: 9780674420946
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science, other
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1966

New Dimensions of Political Economy

Walter W. Heller

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Walter W. Heller was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers throughout President Kennedy's Administration and during the first year of President Johnson's. Here, in a book of immediate importance and great vision, he examines the profound and rapid changes that are taking place during the 1960's in American economic policy. In this decade economics has come of age, and the Keynesian revolution has been completed.

The economic health and stability of the nation are now among the President's major concerns. The need to formulate policy in this area has thrust the political economist into a new and leading role as Presidential adviser, and Mr. Heller is in a unique position to offer an inside account of these developments.

In his first book since leaving Washington to return to the University of Minnesota, he describes the emergence of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson as practicing economists, evaluates their economic policies, and sketches the patterns that are being established for the future. He tells how the grip of economic myths and false fears has been loosened in the government, with the result that economic policy is focused on sustaining prosperity without inflation, on speeding economic growth, and on realizing the fruits of true fiscal abundance.

Finally, Mr. Heller for the first time discusses in detail his own plan for revenue sharing, a new method of enlarging the flow of Federal funds to the states. The plan offers the exciting promise of a stronger fiscal base for our federalism, not only by expanding the present system of Federal grants, but also--when the demands of Vietnam relent--by developing new forms of fiscal support for state and local government.

Parts of this book were delivered by Mr. Keller as the Godkin Lectures at Harvard University in March 1966.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674492899
ISBN:: 9780674492875
ISBN:: 9780674492899
Subject:: Business and Economics
Subject:: Political Economics
Subject:: Political Economics, other
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1927

Self-Legislated Obligations

John Grier Hibben

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674493919
ISBN:: 9780674186989
ISBN:: 9780674493919
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science, other
Subject:: International Relations
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1970

Old World, New Horizons

Britain, Europe, and the Atlantic Alliance

Edward Heath

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The effort to achieve greater European unity has absorbed the interests and energies of a number of Europeans and Americans since the end of World War II. Edward Heath, who led Britain's earliest attempt to join the European Economic Community, first made this comprehensive statement of the philosophy and purpose behind the movement for European unity in a series of lectures he gave at Harvard University in March 1967. In discussing the future development of Europe, Mr. Heath considered factors relating to domestic and foreign politics, economics, and defense, presenting a complete picture of Europe and suggesting a course that might bring about a successful unity.

"The lectures," writes Mr. Heath in 1970, "...were an attempt to look behind the immediate headlines and examine in greater depth the stage which Europe had reached in its search for unity. I was particularly concerned to trace the development of the European Economic Community and to deduce from its history the direction of its future development. At the same time I examined Britain's attitude towards the EEC and how British aspirations in Europe fitted into a general concept of Britain's place in the world..."

"Much has happened since March 1967, but insofar as they concern Europe, events have in a curious way brought us full circle. Now, as in 1967, we in Europe are in the middle of a lively debate about our future. This debate has two main facets. It is partly a debate throughout our continent on the meaning and content of the search for European unity. It is partly a debate within Britain on the likelihood and wisdom of Britain's entry into the EEC and on the effect which such entry would have upon our future prosperity, security, and national identity."

Mr. Heath has updated the lectures in his introduction, although his lucid and intelligent analysis remains extremely far-sighted even in the context of subsequent political changes and events. His consideration of Europe's future is not merely theoretical--Mr. Heath speaks from the standpoint of one who has had direct and continuous practical experience with the problems of Europe. His frank recognition of Britain's loss of power in the world and his belief that through Europe his country may win new influence and play a new political role attest to his great insight. These lectures are thus an important political statement by one of Europe's outstanding leaders.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674492509
ISBN:: 9780674492493
ISBN:: 9780674492509
Subject:: History
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Europe
Subject:: General European History
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1957

The Challenge of Coexistence

Hugh Gaitskell

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674491571
ISBN:: 9780674491564
ISBN:: 9780674491571
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science, other
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1950

The American Century

Ralph E. Flanders

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674189348
ISBN:: 9780674189331
ISBN:: 9780674189348
Subject:: History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Global History
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1952

Ethics in Government

Paul H. Douglas

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674431027
ISBN:: 9780674180994
ISBN:: 9780674431027
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science, other
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1945

The Road to High Employment

Administrative Controls in a Free Economy

Douglas Berry Copland

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674188006
ISBN:: 9780674187184
ISBN:: 9780674188006
Subject:: Business and Economics
Subject:: Political Economics
Subject:: Political Economics, other
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1958

Germany and Freedom

A Personal Appraisal

James Bryant Conant

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674497702
ISBN:: 9780674497696
ISBN:: 9780674497702
Subject:: History
Subject:: Miscellaneous
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1950

Germany and the Fight for Freedom

Lucius D. Clay

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674497016
ISBN:: 9780674186903
ISBN:: 9780674497016
Subject:: History
Subject:: Miscellaneous
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1968

The Strength of Government

McGeorge Bundy

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674493117
ISBN:: 9780674493100
ISBN:: 9780674493117
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science, other
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1956

American Politics in a Revolutionary World

Chester Bowles

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674733718
ISBN:: 9780674730076
ISBN:: 9780674733718
Subject:: History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Global History
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 2011

The Crisis in Energy Policy

John M. Deutch

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Our future depends on what we do about energy. This stark fact, clear since the oil embargo of the 1970s, has been hammered home through crisis after crisis—and yet our government has failed to come up with a coherent energy policy. John Deutch, with his extraordinary mix of technical, scholarly, corporate, and governmental expertise in the realm of energy, is uniquely qualified to explain what has stood in the way of progress on this most pressing issue. His book is at once an eye-opening history of the muddled practices that have passed for energy policy over the past thirty years, and a cogent account of what we can and should learn from so many breakdowns of strategy and execution.

Three goals drive any comprehensive energy policy: develop an effective approach to climate change; transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy technologies; and increase the efficiency of energy use to reduce dependence on imported oil. Why has every effort in this direction eventually fallen short? Deutch identifies the sources of this failure in our popular but unrealistic goals, our competing domestic and international agendas, and our poor analysis in planning, policy-making, and administering government programs. Most significantly, The Crisis in Energy Policy clarifies the need to link domestic and global considerations, as well as the critical importance of integrating technical, economic, and political factors. Written for experts and citizens alike, this book will strengthen the hand of anyone concerned about the future of energy policy.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674062924
ISBN:: 9780674058262
ISBN:: 9780674062924
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Engineering, other
Publisher:: Harvard University Press

Book 1964

African Universities and Western Tradition

Eric Ashby

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674280205
ISBN:: 9780674280199
ISBN:: 9780674280205
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Education
Subject:: Education, other
Publisher:: Harvard University Press