968 research outputs found
The Politics of Social Policy Reform in the United States: The Clinton and the W. Bush Presidencies Reconsidered
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to examine what key reform attempts during the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush presidencies reveal about the wider possibilities for social policy change in the United States. Most particularly, why were Presidents Clinton and Bush able to achieve their goals in some policy realms but so badly defeated in others? As argued, institutional variation from one policy area to another helps answer this question. On the one hand, strong institutional obstacles in the fields of Social Security and health insurance largely explain the defeat of the most ambitious social policy proposal put forward by each president. On the other hand, successful reforms occurred in a comparatively favourable institutional context. Yet, the analysis also suggests that paying close attention to the strategic ideas of political actors as they interact with existing institutions and policy legacies is necessary to fully understand the politics of social policy reform.social policy, Medicare, Social Security, welfare, institutions, United States
Clinton F and Beatrice Ward
No full textClinton F. and Beatrice Ward Parvin of Old Manatee (East Bradenton). She is the author of "I Remember, a family memoir." Copy on file at the Manatee County Central Library
Letter from Bill Clinton, President of the United States, October 1, 1993
No full textForm letter from President Bill Clinton to redress recipients expressing recognition of the injustices committed against Japanese Americans during World War II.The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications
The effects of fiscal consolidation in the OECD
No full textDespite the current recession in many parts of the OECD, fiscal consolidation is likely in many OECD economies in the 1990s. The author asks: is fiscal consolidation in the OECD in a period of low growth a recipe for global stagnation? In particular, what effects are likely in developing countries? The author starts with an overview of cuts in the U.S. fiscal deficit proposed by the Clinton administration and the extent to which European governments must cut fiscal deficits between now and 1997 to satisfy deficit targets in the Maastricht Treaty. How changes in fiscal policy are transmitted within an economy and between that economy and the rest of the world depends on whether those changes lead to permanent or temporary changes in government saving; whether they are implemented through government spending or taxes; and whether the taxes fall on households or firms. The main channels of transmission are through changes in: agents'expectations about future taxes, interest rates, exchange rates, and economic activity. The author uses the MSG2 multicountry models to quantify the ramifications of those changes. He concludes, among other things, that fiscal contraction in the OECD will probably lead to slower growth over the next several years. But the current and likely paths of fiscal policy are such that deficit reduction programs may have stimulating effect in the short run, as long as future fiscal contraction is credible. And fiscal deficit reduction will probably increase long-run output in the OECD through its effects on savings and investment. Finally, growth in the developing countries (at least total growth) may not be impaired at all by fiscal consolidationin the OECD. The negative effects of fiscal contraction will occur through lower net exports of non-OECD economies. For developing countries with open capital markets, the initial reduction in demand through lower exports can be offset by the reduction in interest rates following an inflow of capital from the countries with contracting fiscal policy. A significant decline in real global interest rates is likely to increase growth in developing countries that are debt-constrained, either directly (through private capital inflows) or indirectly (by relaxing the balance of payments constraint, allowing more resources to be channeled to domestic investment needs).Economic Theory&Research,Economic Stabilization,Environmental Economics&Policies,Banks&Banking Reform,Macroeconomic Management
Dear Willie - Sincerely, Bill Clinton
No full textAt UM\u27s Archives and Special Collections, a letter to former Ole Miss instructor and Mississippi writer Willie Morris from then Rhodes Scholar Bill Clinton can be viewed. UM Cook Chair Curtis Wilke, a friend of both Morris and Clinton, gives insight into the relationship between the author and President.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umvideo/1346/thumbnail.jp
Edward Charles Pelham-Clinton (1920-1988)
No full textAn obituary is given of E.C. Pelham-Clinton (1920-88), best known as co-author (with J.A. Campbell in 1960) of a taxonomic revision of the British Culicoides. A bibliography of his publications is appended
Choosing Judges at the Close of the Clinton Administration
No full textProfessor Tobias suggests that federal judicial selection is one important area in which ·President Bill Clinton hopes that he will leave a legacy. The author finds that the first Clinton Administration realized much success in choosing judges who make the federal judiciary more diverse and who possess excellent qualifications. Over the last five years, however, the Administration has not been equally successful either in placing highly competent female and minority attorneys on the bench or in filling the perennial judicial vacancies, partly because the Republican Party has enjoyed a significant majority in the Senate. The author\u27s analysis shows that similar circumstances existed in 1999. He, therefore, affords suggestions that should enable President Clinton to appoint additional women and minorities, while filling the bench in his final year of office
Clinton G. Weymouth Correspondence
No full textEntries include the typed transcripts of an introductory letter from the Maine State Library to Weymouth and a letter on receipt of his biology textbook with instructional tests for the Maine Author Collection
Clinton and Gore
No full textWilliam Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Prior to the presidency, he was the Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. A member of the Democratic Party , Clinton was ideologically a New Democrat and many of his policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy.
Clinton was born and raised in Arkansas and attended Georgetown and the University of Oxford and Yale Law School. He met Hillary Rodham at Yale and married her in 1975. After graduating from Yale, Clinton returned to Arkansas and won election as the Attorney General of Arkansas, serving from 1977 to 1979. As Governor of Arkansas, Clinton overhauled the state's education system and served as chairman of the National Governors Association. Clinton was elected president in 1992 defeating incumbent Republican opponent George H. W. Bush. At age 46, he became the third-youngest president and the first from the Baby Boomer generation.
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Gore was Bill Clintons running mate in their successful campaign in 1992 and the pair was re-elected in 1996. Near the end of Clinton's second term, Gore was selected as the Democratic for the 2000 presidential election but did not win the election. After his term as vice-president ended in 2001, Gore remained prominent as an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned him (jointly with the IPCC the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
Gore was an elected official for 24 years. He was a Representative from Tennessee (1977-85) and from 1985 to 1993 served as one of the state's Senators He served as Vice President during the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001. The 2000 presidential election was one of the closest presidential races in history. Gore won the popular but lost the election to Republican opponent George W. Bush in the Electoral College A controversial election dispute over a Florida recount was settled by the U.S. Supreme Court which -ruled 54 in favor of Bush
African-American economic progress and the Clinton administration, 2004
No full textThis study examines the impact of policies and programs implemented by the administration of United States President William Jefferson Clinton on the economic condition of African Americans. This study focused on changes in key income and employment economic indicators among African Americans in the Delta region of the United States. The data reviewed in this study covered a period from 1993 to 2000. This study sought to determine if there were measurable improvements in income and employment levels among African Americans in the Delta region of the United States and, if so, whether these improvements could be attributed to specific programs and policies implemented by the Clinton Administration
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