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THE NEXT AGENDA This page intentionally left blank THE NEXT AGENDA BLUEPRINT FOR A NEW PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT edited by ROBERT L. BOROSAGE ROGER HICKEY \ / ^~-r-^ A Member of the Perseus Books Group All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Copyright © 2001 by Westview Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group Published in 2001 in the United States of America by Westview' Press, 5500 Central Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80301-2877, and in the United Kingdom by Westview Press, 12 Hid's Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9JJ Find us on the World Wide Web at www.westviewpress.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The next agenda : Blueprint for a new progressive movement / edited by Robert L. Borosage and Roger Hickey. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8133-9814-2 1. United States—Social policy—1993- . 2. United States —Economic policy—1993- . 3. United States—Politics and government— 1993- , I. Borosage, Robert L. II. Hickey, Roger. HN65 .N48 2000 361.6T0973-dc21 00-043986 The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 To our parents This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Introduction: The Progressive Majority' 1 Robert L. Borosage and Stanley B. Greenberg CHOOSING GROWTH WITH JUSTICE 1 What Kind of America Do We Want? 21 Jeff Faux 2 Global Fairness: The Historic Debate 49 Robert L. Borosage and William Greider RENEWING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT 3 Working Families: The Centerpiece for Reform 73 Theda Skocpol 4 The Path to Universal Health Care 93 Jonathan Oberlander and Theodore R. Mannor 5 Economic Security for Women and Children: What Will It Take? 127 Heidi Hartmann VII viii Contents 6 To Improve Student Learning: Ask the Right Questions 161 Richard Rothstein 7 Metropolitan Power: The Next Urban Agenda 189 Bruce Katz and Joel Rogers 8 Leave No One Behind: A Policy Framework on Poverty, Race, and Justice 211 Lynn A. Curtis and William E. Spriggs SHAPING THE FUTURE 9 Green Growth: Agenda for a Just Transition to a Sustainable Economy 249 Carl Pope and Robert Wages 10 Sky Trust: How to Fight Global Warming and Pay Dividends to All Americans 275 Peter Barnes and Rafe Pomerance EMPOWERING PEOPLE IN POLITICS 11 Empowering Workers 291 David Moberg 12 Democracy That Works: Clean Money Campaign Reform 319 Ellen S. Miller and Micah L. Sifry 13 A Movement for Economic Security in an Age of Change 345 Roger Hickey Contributors 369 Index 375 Illustrations Tables 5.1 Growth in women's earnings by educational level, 1978-1998 133 8.1 Summary of Federal Investments, Proposed 232 Figures 5.1 Trends in labor force participation rates for women, 1950-1995, by birth cohort 131 5.2 Trends in labor force participation rates for men and women, 1960 and 1995, by age 132 5.3 Median annual earnings of full-time, year-around workers, 1979-1998 138 5.4 Women's median annual earnings as a percentage of men's, 1979-1998 139 5.5 Women's median weekly earnings as a percentage of men's, 1979-2000 140 5.6 The female-male wage gap over the life cycle 141 5.7 The increasing responsibility of women workers for family financial needs 144 ix
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