The Nation City by Rahm Emanuel

The Nation City by Rahm Emanuel

At a time of anxiety about the effectiveness of our national government, Rahm Emanuel provides a clear vision, for both progressives and centrists, of how to get things done in America today--a bracing, optimistic vision of America's future from one of our most experienced and original political minds.

In The Nation City, Rahm Emanuel, former two-term mayor of Chicago and White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama, offers a firsthand account of how cities, rather than the federal government, stand at the center of innovation and effective governance. Drawing on his own experience as a two-term mayor of Chicago, and his relationships with other mayors around America, Emanuel provides dozens of examples to show how cities are improving education, infrastructure, job conditions, and environmental policy at a local level.

Emanuel argues that cities are the most ancient political institutions, dating back thousands of years, and have re-emerged as the new nation-states of our time. He makes clear how mayors are accountable to their voters to a greater degree than any other elected officials, and illuminates how progressives and centrists alike can best accomplish their goals by focusing their energies on local politics. The Nation City maps out a new, energizing, and hopeful way forward.

RAHM EMANUEL was the fifty-fifth mayor of Chicago, serving two terms from 2011 to 2019. He previously served as President Obama's chief of staff, President Clinton's senior advisor, and chairman of both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the House Democratic Caucus. He is a contributor to ABC News and lives in Chicago.

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ISBN 13	9780525656388
ISBN 10	0525656383
Title	The Nation City
Author	Rahm Emanuel
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf
Year published	2020-02-25
Number of pages	256
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