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"Twenty-first-century US policymakers face a great challenge: How can federal government help more people achieve the American dream? Specifically, how can we provide greater opportunities for less-prosperous individuals, enabling them to succeed through hard work, on their merits, and take increased responsibility for their lives? Lewis D. Solomon sees this as the challenge of our time. He seeks to thread the fine public policy needle between social democratic efforts to perfect the world and those who negatively view public sector programs. Based on the premise that capitalism is not inherently unjust and defective, and American capitalism's structural features do not inexorability thwart opportunity, Building an Opportunity Society offers the possibility of more limited, carefully structured, cost-effective, empirically verified federal policies and programs. Solomon first provides the background and context of many existing domestic challenges and problems that the current and proposed federal policies and programs seek to address. He then analyses the federal safety net that keeps Americans from poverty and helps reduce income inequality. Finally, he presents a lifecycle analysis of current federal policies and programs, preventive and remedial, designed as part of the Entitlement State, but if restructured could facilitate the building of an Opportunity Society. Solomon challenges policymakers to take a fresh look at how best to achieve society's goals for all citizens."--Provided by publisher.

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The Rise, Stagnation, and Possible Revitalization of NASA -- chapter 3 Building on Winning the Ansari X Prize: Mojave Aerospace Ventures, LLC; Scaled Composites, LLC; Virgin Galactic Airways; and The Spaceship Company -- chapter 4 From Space Travel Broker to Joint Venturer: Space Adventures, Limited -- chapter 5 The Quest to Reduce Launch Costs: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation -- chapter 6 Developing Space Habitats: Bigelow Aerospace Incorporated -- chapter 7 The Legal Environment for Private Sector Space Enterprises -- chapter 8 Conclusion.

In Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders, Francesca de Châtel discusses the problems and paradoxes of water resources in the Middle East and North Africa, exploring the past, present, and future of water in the region and exposing the roots of the current water crisis. The author provides a colorful portrait of a resource that is inextricably entwined with the history and future of the region and its peoples. Based on four years of research and travel from Iran to Libya and from Israel to Syria, the book combines interviews, historical anecdotes, and hard facts to reveal the complexity of this invaluable resource. The first four chapters focus on the historical and cultural legacy of water in the region and form the background to the second part of the book, which addresses various aspects of the current crisis. The last two chapters look at the future of water management, identifying a number of strategies that could lead to more sustainable water use.

Introduction -- Aristotle : virtues and the social order -- Abraham Maslow : humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, and human nature -- The Judeo-Christian tradition and selected virtues -- Public policies to enhance self-esteem by lessening social pathologies -- Public policies to promote joy and optimism by funding mental health services and parenting education -- Public policies to encourage equanimity by reducing stress -- Public policies to heighten personal responsibility by promoting marriage and discouraging divorce -- Neuropharmacology and its impact on virtues and the formulation of public policy

George W. Bush's road to a new deal for faith -- The transformation of America's social safety net -- Armies of compassion : what are faith-based organizations and what do they do? -- Are faith-based organizations effective? -- Charitable choice : its genesis, expansion, and implementation prior to the Bush presidency -- Implementation of President George W. Bush's new deal for faith -- The funding of faith-based organizations : the constitutional dimension : meeting the challenge of America's social pathologies : the long and difficult road ahead