The Carter Presidency: Policy Choices in the Post-New Deal Era

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In this book, more than a dozen eminent scholars provide a balanced overview of key elements of Carter's presidency, examining the significance of his administration within the context of evolving American policy choices after World War II. They seek not only to understand the troubled Carter presidency but also to identify the changes that precipitated and accompanied the demise of the New Deal order. Grounded on research conducted at the Carter Library, The Carter Presidency is an incisive reassessment of an isolated Democratic administration from the vantage point of twenty years. It is a milestone in the historical appraisal of that administration, inviting us to take a new look at Jimmy Carter and see what his presidency represented for a dramatically changing America. Contents Preface Introduction 1. Jimmy Carter and the Post-New Deal Presidency 2. The Quest for National Goals, 1957-81 3. Slouching toward the Supply Side: Jimmy Carter and the New American Political Economy 4. The Locomotive Loses Power: The Trade and Industrial Policies of Jimmy Carter 5. Jimmy Carter and the End of the Politics of Productivity 6. Jimmy Carter and Welfare Reform 7. Carter's Urban Policy Crisis 8. An Age of Limits: Jimmy Carter and the Quest for a National Energy Policy 9. Environmental Policy during the Carter Presidency 10. Civil Rights Policy in the Carter Presidency 11. Feminism, Public Policy, and the Carter Administration 12. Placing Jimmy Carter's Foreign Policy 13. The Agenda Continued: Jimmy Carter's Postpresidency Bibliographic Essay Contributors Index