Governing Priorities: 2021 and Beyond
This book is a guide for governing in an exceptionally complicated moment for America. That moment is defined by not only the difficulties of confronting a global pandemic and its aftermath but also a range of long-standing predicaments that have tended to complicate each other. The thicket of our governing challenges is now so dense that the definition and prioritization of problems has become difficult, and our leaders clearly need some help.
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