History and achievements of the Development Assistance Committee, an international organization seeking to coordinate foreign aid programs of the Western countries.

History and achievements of the Development Assistance Committee, an international organization seeking to coordinate foreign aid programs of the Western countries.

"If we don't find the soul of Europe by the end of the century, the game will be up" said Jacques Delors in 1989. How has the Council of Europe helped in this quest over the fifty years of its existence? The contributors to this collection of essays & articles - some from outside Europe & from widely differing cultures & faiths - look to the origins & meaning of the Council of Europe to examine the systems, values & dreams which Europe requires for the next millennium From the historical reminiscences of the early days of post-war European institutions by Cosmo Russel, Peter Smithers & Barney Milligan to the dreams of a new Europe expressed by Vaclav Havel & George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, this collection also includes Ziauddin Sardar's analysis of an unfeeling West & a plea for a new respect for the environment by Diana Schumacher.

“A competent, thorough assessment from a veteran expert in the field.” —Kirkus Reviews Income disparities in our wealthy nation are wider than at any point since the Great Depression. The structure of today’s economy has stultified wage growth for half of America’s workers—with even worse results at the bottom and for people of color—while bestowing billions on the few at the very top. In this “accessible and inspiring analysis”, lifelong anti-poverty advocate Peter Edelman assesses how the United States can have such an outsized number of unemployed and working poor despite important policy gains. He delves into what is happening to the people behind the statistics and takes a particular look at young people of color, for whom the possibility of productive lives is too often lost on the way to adulthood (Angela Glover Blackwell). For anyone who wants to understand one of the critical issues of twenty-first century America, So Rich, So Poor is “engaging and informative” (William Julius Wilson) and “powerful and eloquent” (Wade Henderson).

This original volume by the bestselling author of "The Great Unraveling" challenges America to reclaim the values that have made it great. Krugman weaves together a nuanced account of three generations of history with sharp political, social, and economic analysis.

Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma (1944) influenced the attitudes of a generation of Americans on the race issue and established Myrdal as a major critic of American politics and culture. Walter Jackson explores how the Swedish Social Democratic