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| 1992 || || || {{w|Norman Ornstein}} from {{w|American Enterprise Institute}} and {{w|Thomas E. Mann}} at Brookings publish reports from the Renewing Congress Project, which focuses on ways to improve congressional debate and action on legislation, enhance relationships between parties, and fix the campaign finance system. Their work makes a significant contribution to the debate about congressional reform.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/> | | 1992 || || || {{w|Norman Ornstein}} from {{w|American Enterprise Institute}} and {{w|Thomas E. Mann}} at Brookings publish reports from the Renewing Congress Project, which focuses on ways to improve congressional debate and action on legislation, enhance relationships between parties, and fix the campaign finance system. Their work makes a significant contribution to the debate about congressional reform.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/> | ||
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| 1993 || || || "In 1993, the Brookings Institution published a landmark study by three professors from Tufts University. They examined five cities that characterized the most impressive commitment to the idea ofparticipatory democracy through the development of a citywide network of neighborhood associations that brought government closer to the people -- St. Paul, Portland, Birmingham, Dayton, and San Antonio."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=Greg |title=The Rebirth of Urban Democracy |url=http://ens.lacity.org/done/histreport/donehistreport101631480_08012005.pdf |website=ens.lacity.org |accessdate=21 November 2019}}</ref> | |||
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| 1994 || || || Brookings Senior Fellow {{w|Raymond L. Garthoff}} authors ''The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War'', which shows that the United States did not win the Cold War with President Reagan’s military buildup, but instead, “‘victory’ came when a new generation of Soviet leaders realized how badly their system at home and their policies abroad had failed.”<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/> | | 1994 || || || Brookings Senior Fellow {{w|Raymond L. Garthoff}} authors ''The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War'', which shows that the United States did not win the Cold War with President Reagan’s military buildup, but instead, “‘victory’ came when a new generation of Soviet leaders realized how badly their system at home and their policies abroad had failed.”<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/> | ||