New Books in Public Policy

Interviews with Scholars of Public Policy about their New Books

Science
Social Sciences
1201
Exploring STEM, Insulin Research, and Why We Ge...
An interview with Benjamin Bikman
59 min
1202
Enrico Bonadio, "Protecting Art in the Street: ...
An interview with Enrico Bonadio
39 min
1203
Gary Alan Fine, "The Hinge: Civil Society, Grou...
An interview with Gary Alan Fine
55 min
1204
Anthony Warner, "Ending Hunger: The Quest to Fe...
Interview with Anthony Warner
36 min
1205
Ray Ison and Ed Straw, "The Hidden Power of Sys...
Interview with Ray Ison and Ed Straw
65 min
1206
Mical Raz, "Abusive Policies: How the American ...
Interview with Mical Raz
44 min
1207
The Role of Community Colleges in Higher Educat...
An interview with Penny Wills
60 min
1208
Tony Tekaroniake Evans, "Teaching Native Pride:...
An interview with Tony Tekaroniake Evans
67 min
1209
B. Kilpatrick and M. Patel, "Estate Regeneratio...
An interview with Brendan Kilpatrick and Manisha Patel
45 min
1210
T. Maschi and K. Morgen, "Aging Behind Prison W...
Interview with Tina Maschi
60 min
1211
Barbara Dennis, "Walking with Strangers: Critic...
An interview with Barbara Dennis
73 min
1212
K. M. Broton and C. L. Cady, "Food Insecurity o...
An interview with Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady
69 min
1213
Michael Kagan, "The Battle to Stay in America: ...
An interview with Michael Kagan
58 min
1214
Ian Ayres and Fredrick E. Vars, "Weapon of Choi...
Ayres and Vars put forward creative and practical solutions, proposing legislative reform which will reduce gun deaths....
59 min
1215
Kimberley Brownlee, "Being Sure of Each Other: ...
Brownlee contends that all humans have basic needs for human interaction. Since such needs are fundamental for survival, they should be regarded as a human right....
39 min
1216
O. Carter Snead, "What It Means to Be Human: Th...
O. Carter Snead defines for us what the term “public bioethics” encompasses and provides a much-needed genealogy of the field....
125 min
1217
Ashley E. Lucas, "Prison Theatre and the Global...
One place that might surprise a lot of people is the popularity of performances staged by incarcerated persons...
60 min
1218
Nancy D. Campbell, "OD: Naloxone and the Politi...
Campbell explores how a therapy that can stop an accidental drug overdose, called Naloxone, emerged in the American mainstream in the early years of the new millennium...
44 min
1219
Claire Herbert, "A Detroit Story: Urban Decline...
Herbert examines how the informal reclamation of abandoned property has been shaping Detroit for decades...
38 min
1220
Matthew H. Rafalow, "Digital Divisions: How Sch...
Rafalow provides an ethnographic study of students and teachers at three Los Angeles schools utilizing instructional technology...
48 min
1221
Amy Bucher, "Engaged: Designing for Behavior Ch...
Bucher analyzes both the barriers and levers to achieving behavioral change...
33 min
1222
Jennifer M. Randles, "Essential Dads: The Inequ...
Randles shares the stories of more than 60 marginalized men as they sought to become more engaged parents through a government-supported “responsible” fatherhood program...
57 min
1223
Michael Mascarenhas, "Lessons in Environmental ...
39 min
1224
L. L. Paterson and I. N. Gregory, "Representati...
Paterson and Gregory explores a novel methodological approach which combines analytical techniques from linguistics and geography to bring fresh insights to the study of poverty....
42 min
1225
Joshua Gans, "The Pandemic Information Gap and ...
Gans' central thesis is that "at their heart, pandemics are an information problem. Solve the information problem and you can defeat the virus”.
35 min