Making Government Work: My Life in Politics: Lessons from a Life in Politics - Hardcover

Hollings, Ernest F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570037604 ISBN 13: 9781570037603

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book describes a career politician's pragmatic remedies for broken government, drawn from a half-century of political leadership experience.""Performance is better than promise"" has long been the motto of Ernest F. ""Fritz"" Hollings, former governor of South Carolina and 6-term U.S. Senator. In this political autobiography of his 50-year career in public service, Hollings takes to task our flawed political machine and pulls from his own experiences compelling - and often colorfully candid - accounts how one makes government work in spite of itself. Confrontational at times toward those individuals and issues he cites as to blame for deadlocking government and putting America ""in the ditch"", Hollings proves through his crystal clear prose he is deeply committed to improving our system of government, strengthening regulations on free trade, countering dependence on wooing campaign contributions, and enhancing our communication and education systems to better compete in an information-driven global market. Hollings details specific instances from his past of moments when bold leadership and smart use of resources and authority led to positive differences in the lives of Americans. It is his mission through this volume to reinvigorate a floundering system and call good people and good ideas back into the service of America's future.

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About the Author

Ernest F. ""Fritz"" Hollings has enjoyed a remarkable career of public service as a South Carolina legislator, (1949-1954), lieutenant governor (1955-1959), governor (1959-1963), and U.S. Senator (1966-2005). A visionary workhorse, Hollings has throughout his long and active career focused on putting government on a sound financial basis and promoting economic development to create opportunities. Recognized as an expert on the budget, telecommunications, the environment and oceans, defense, trade, and space, he is the author of the Coastal Zone Management Act (1972), Ocean Dumping Act (1972), and Automobile Fuel Economy Act (1975); coauthor of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Act (1985); and led in the creation of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children and passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

From the Back Cover

A bold call to action for those who would lead well and those who would be well led

From the Inside Flap

A bold call to action for those who would lead well and those who would be well led

Edition details

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1570037604
• ISBN 13: 9781570037603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256