Making Government Work
- ISBN-10
- 1570037604
- ISBN-13
- 9781570037603
- Series
- Making Government Work
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 382
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Press
- Authors
- Ernest F. Hollings, Kirk Victor
Description
"Performance is better than promise" has long been the motto of Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings, a former Governor of South Carolina and six-term U.S. Senator who has distinguished himself as a stalwart advocate of fiscally responsible progressive programs. In this political memoir, Hollings takes aim at our increasingly flawed political system and a government that has gone "into the ditch." As remedy he pulls antidotes from anecdotes about his personal experiences in making government work in spite of itself for the past half century. Hollings's long political career speaks volumes about the untapped potential of the elected and the electorate to use government for the good of all. Confrontational at times toward those issues and institutions he cites as responsible for knocking government off course, Hollings lays out clearly his deep commitment to improving our system of government, strengthening regulations on free trade, countering dependence on campaign contributions, and enhancing our communications and education programs to compete better in an information-driven global marketplace. This prescriptive compendium of sound thinking from an experienced agent of change serves as a call to action for those who would lead well and those who would be well led to reinvigorate a floundering system and call good people and good ideas back into the service of America's bright future.
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- 2020-02-01
- 190 pages
- Paperback
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- 1994-11-01
- 560 pages
- Paperback
- Regnery Publishing
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