Future of American Democracy Foundation
Encyclopedia
The Future of American Democracy Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy
foundation dedicated to research and education, working in partnership with the Yale University Press
to clarify and analyze contemporary domestic and foreign policy. Board members include distinguished scholars and experts with various political affiliations and beliefs. Board members include Jonathan Brent, Editorial Director of Yale University Press; Norton Garfinkle
, former Chairman of the George Washington University Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies; Thomas E. Mann
of the Brookings Institution
; Norman J. Ornstein
, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; Hugh Price
, formerly president of the National Urban League
; Alan Wolfe
of Boston College
; and Ruth A. Wooden.
, the New York Times, Roll Call
, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
foundation dedicated to research and education, working in partnership with the Yale University Press
Yale University Press
Yale University Press is a book publisher founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day. It became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but remains financially and operationally autonomous....
to clarify and analyze contemporary domestic and foreign policy. Board members include distinguished scholars and experts with various political affiliations and beliefs. Board members include Jonathan Brent, Editorial Director of Yale University Press; Norton Garfinkle
Norton Garfinkle
Norton Garfinkle is an economist and author.He received a BA with honors from Columbia University and did his graduate work at Columbia University and Princeton University...
, former Chairman of the George Washington University Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies; Thomas E. Mann
Thomas E. Mann
Thomas E. Mann is a political scientist, author, and pundit who works at the Brookings Institution. He primarily studies and speaks on elections in the United States, especially campaign finance reform...
of the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
; Norman J. Ornstein
Norman J. Ornstein
Norman J. Ornstein is a political scientist and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute , a conservative-leaning Washington D.C. think tank. Ornstein was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 1948 and received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1974. He is married to Judith L...
, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; Hugh Price
Hugh Bernard Price
Hugh Bernard Price was a U.S. activist. He served as the President of the National Urban League from 1994 to 2003.Price is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity....
, formerly president of the National Urban League
National Urban League
The National Urban League , formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. It is the oldest and largest...
; Alan Wolfe
Alan Wolfe
Alan Wolfe is a political scientist and a sociologist and is currently on the faculty of Boston College and serves as director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life...
of Boston College
Boston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...
; and Ruth A. Wooden.
Publications: The Future of American Democracy Series
The Future of American democracy Foundation has published a series of books to "present a new, balanced, centrist approach to examining the challenges American democracy has faced". Published works include:- Norton GarfinkleNorton GarfinkleNorton Garfinkle is an economist and author.He received a BA with honors from Columbia University and did his graduate work at Columbia University and Princeton University...
, The American Dream vs. The Gospel of Wealth: The Fight for a Productive Middle-Class Economy - Norton Garfinkle & Daniel YankelovichDaniel YankelovichDaniel Yankelovich is a public opinion analyst and social scientist.-Education:After attending Boston Latin School, Yankelovich graduated from Harvard University in 1946 and 1950 before completing postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne in France. As a psychology professor he has taught at New York...
, Editors, Uniting America: Restoring the Vital Center to American Democracy - Reed HundtReed HundtReed E. Hundt was chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission from 1993 to 1997. Appointed by President Bill Clinton, he served for most of Clinton's first term. He was succeeded by William Kennard.- Biography :Hundt attended high school in Washington D.C at the prestigious St....
, In China's Shadow: The Crisis of American Entrepreneurship - Alan WolfeAlan WolfeAlan Wolfe is a political scientist and a sociologist and is currently on the faculty of Boston College and serves as director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life...
, Does American Democracy Still Work? - Daniel YankelovichDaniel YankelovichDaniel Yankelovich is a public opinion analyst and social scientist.-Education:After attending Boston Latin School, Yankelovich graduated from Harvard University in 1946 and 1950 before completing postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne in France. As a psychology professor he has taught at New York...
, Profit with Honor: The New Stage of Market Capitalism
Published articles
In addition to books, articles by numerous Future of American Democracy Foundation members have appeared in leading publications, including the Boston Globe, the Denver Post, NewsdayNewsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
, the New York Times, Roll Call
Roll Call
Roll Call is a newspaper published in Washington, D.C., United States, from Monday to Thursday when the United States Congress is in session and on Mondays only during recess. Roll Call reports news of legislative and political maneuverings on Capitol Hill, as well as political coverage of...
, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.