A selection of the newest books and journals from Brookings Institution Press.
China Experiments
Ann Florini, Hairong Lai, and Yeling Tan
Brookings Institution Press, 2011
In China Experiments, the authors set their analysis in a comparative context, investigating how China’s changing understanding of key governance tools and concepts compares with—and is influenced by—developments and debates elsewhere.
Constitution 3.0
Benjamin Wittes and Jeffrey Rosen, eds.
Brookings Institution Press, 2011
Constitution 3.0, a product of the Brookings Institution’s landmark Future of the Constitution series, presents an invaluable roadmap for responding to the challenge of adapting our constitutional values to future technological developments.
The Lingering Conflict
Itamar Rabinovich
Brookings Institution Press, 2011
In The Lingering Conflict, Itmar Rabinovich, a former chief negotiator for Israel, provides a detailed history and analysis of Arab-Israel relations, adding his own unique and authoritative insight into the prospects for genuine peace in the Middle East.
The Arab Awakening
Kenneth M. Pollack, Daniel L. Byman, and Others
Brookings Institution Press, 2011
The revolutionary wave of protests in the Middle East and North Africa that took shape in early 2011 continues to rattle the region and perplex experts and observers alike. The Arab Awakening, due out later this month, brings the full resources of Brookings to bear on making sense of one of the most significant geopolitical and social movements of this generation.
The Future of Pakistan
Stephen P. Cohen, ed.
Brookings Institution Press
Led by renowned South Asia expert Stephen P. Cohen, a team of authoritative contributors looks at several pieces of the Pakistan puzzle. The Future of Pakistan presents and evaluates several scenarios for how the country will develop, evolve, and act in the near future, as well as the geopolitical implications of each.
Business and Nonproliferation
John P. Banks and Charles K. Ebingers, eds.
Brookings Institution Press
Business and Nonproliferation presents the results of a Brookings research effort examining the implications of a dramatic increase in global nuclear power capacity on the nuclear nonproliferation regime and the role of the commercial nuclear industry in strengthening it.
Uncle Sam in Pinstripes
Grant Park
Candice J. Nelson
Brookings Institution Press
In Grant Park, Candice Nelson examines the democratization of the presidential election process over four turbulent decades. Nelson explains how changes in technology, finance laws, party rules, political institutions, and the electorate itself produced this stunning turnaround, and how the presidential selection process might change again in the run-up to 2012.
The Future of Housing Finance
Martin Neil Baley, ed.
Brookings Institution Press
In The Future of Housing Finance, Martin Neil Baily and his contributors discuss the issues and options that policymakers face as they reassess the government's role in the U.S. residential mortgage market. Will Congress agree, and if so, how fast will it move?
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Spring 2011
David H. Romer and Justin Wolfers, eds.
Brookings Institution Press, 2011
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues.
Resilience and Opportunity
Lessons from the U.S. Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita
Amy Liu, Roland V. Anglin, Richard M. Mizelle Jr., and Allison Plyer, eds.
Brookings Institution Press, 2011
Resilience and Opportunity shines a light on the important post-disaster recovery progress made since 2005 and the lessons learned. It also illuminates the challenges that remain in recreating the opportunity structures and ecosystem destroyed over multiple catastrophes.