One of the most dramatic and least studied policy changes of the past twenty years is the increased use of indexingautomatic adjustments for inflationin federal programs. Currently, programs comprisin
As a stunning tide of democratization sweeps across much of the world, countries must cope with increasing problems of economic development, political and social integration, and greater public demand
Professors of public policy and administration, one at Carleton U. and the other at Georgetown U., introduce eight case studies which compare how the US and Canadian political systems treat such daunt
Democratic government is about making choices. Sometimes those choices involve the distribution of benefits. At other times they involve the imposition of some type of loss -- a program cut, increased
The Brookings Institution's Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative was created to inform the critical policy debates surrounding the upcoming congressional reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance
