Philip D. Zelikow
Aspen Policy Books is a series of brief books devoted to developing new thinking on U.S. national security, cooperative measures to reduce conflict, and international polices of the United States from national defense strategy to issues of international political economy. The books are collections of "memos to the president" on one of these selected global policy issues.More
Gail Collins
In one of the most explosive and timely political books in years, Gail Collins declares that "what happens in Texas doesn't stay in Texas anymore."More
Jim Sleeper
"In this study of race relations in N.Y.C., Sleeper, an editorial writer for New York Newsday, harshly criticizes both black leaders and their liberal supporters for pointing a finger at America's racist society rather than setting concrete goals to overcome inequality." —Kirkus ReviewsMore
Paul Krugman
"The most consistent and courageous—and unapologetic—liberal partisan in American journalism." —Michael Tomasky, New York Review of BooksMore
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Third Edition
A longtime favorite among teachers and students, Economics of the Public Sector returns to the classroom in a fresh edition that has been fully revised to reflect the latest developments in public policy and economic research.More
Martin Rees
One of our greatest scientific minds reflect on the role of science in the twenty-first century.More
Carl J. Schramm
In recent years the portion of America's gross national product devoted to health care has more than doubled. Hospital costs have risen at twice the rate of any other good or service that the average citizen needs.More
Jacob Riis, Hasia R. Diner
How the Other Half Lives occupies a premier place on a small list of American books—along with Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Jungle, Silent Spring, The Feminine Mystique, and Unsafe at Any Speed—that changed public opinion, influenced public policy, and left an indelible mark on history.More
Jonathan Wolff
“A broad-ranging, insightful analysis of the complex practical and ethical issues involved in global health.”—Kirkus ReviewsMore
Martin Linsky
"An incisive and insightful study of what the press does to government—not the old press, but the new press, and television. This is one of those unusual books scholars and public officials alike had better read if they want their work to make contemporary sense." —James David Barber, James B. Duke Professor of Political Science and Policy Studies, Duke UniversityMore
Charles Wheelan
The first introductory public policy text with a strong economics perspective.More
Deborah Stone
Third Edition
The most accessible policy text available.More
Anthony Townsend
An unflinching look at the aspiring city-builders of our smart, mobile, connected future.More
The Worldwatch Institute
Special World Summit Edition
In State of the World 2002, the Worldwatch Institute's award-winning research team describes how to meet the complex challenges of restoring a sustainable balance between the growing human population, rising levels of consumption, and the threats to the natural systems that support all life on the Earth.More
The Worldwatch Institute
The premier environmental nonprofit shows the ways to transform our consumer culture into a culture centered on sustainability.More