America's Social Health: Putting Social Issues Back on the Public Agenda

by Sandra Opdycke and Marque-Luisa Miringoff

Book Overview

Calling for a fundamental change in the focus of public policy in America, this book paints a vivid portrait of the nation's social health. Miringoff and Opdycke clearly show that social progress has stalled and the country's energies need to be directed at critical domestic issues in the years ahead.The authors propose a new agenda for monitoring America's social well-being built around sixteen key indicators of American life, such as infant mortality,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765616734
• ISBN13: 9780765616739
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"