New Books in Public Policy

Interviews with Scholars of Public Policy about their New Books

Science
Social Sciences
1301
Gene Ludwig, "The Vanishing American Dream" (Di...
Gene Ludwig cares. The former banker, government regulator, and serial entrepreneur cares deeply about the hollowing out of the American middle class over the past several decades, not least of all in his hometown of York, PA....
49 min
1302
G. Smulewicz-Zucker and M. Thompson, "An Inher...
Democratic socialism is on the lips of activists and politicians from both the left and the right. Some call it extremism; some call it common sense. What are we talking about?
82 min
1303
Diana Greene Foster, "The Turnaway Study: Ten Y...
What happens when a woman seeking an abortion is turned away?
63 min
1304
Christopher Robertson, "Exposed: Why Our Health...
American have bad health insurance. What to do?
48 min
1305
Christopher Marquis, "Better Business: How the ...
Marquis tells the story of the rise of a new corporate form—the B Corporation...
35 min
1306
Alexander Keyssar, "Why Do We Still Have the El...
It's a good question....
49 min
1307
Ben Burgis, "Give Them an Argument: Logic for t...
Both a professor of philosophy and a committed political leftist, Burgis wades through a host of contemporary examples, arguing that the common arguments for capitalism and against socialism often rely on questionable logic that can be debated...
102 min
1308
Kathryn Sikkink, "The Hidden Face of Rights: To...
Sikkink puts forward a framework of rights and responsibilities; moving beyond the language of rights that has come to dominate scholarship and activism...
59 min
1309
Jean Jackson, "Managing Multiculturalism: Indig...
Jean Jackson narrates her remarkable journey as an anthropologist in Colombia for over 50 years.,.
55 min
1310
Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier, "The House on Henry St...
Snyder-Grenier chronicles Henry Street’s sweeping history from 1893 to today...
67 min
1311
R. Pollin and N. Chomsky, "Climate Crisis and t...
Pollin and Chomsky's plan attempts to keep the planet from heating up too much while simultaneously redressing the economic wrongs that they blame substantially on unfettered capitalism...
43 min
1312
Postscript: A Discussion of Race, Anger and Cit...
Race now drives American political feeling. What does this mean for American democracy today?
77 min
1313
Mariana Mogilevich, "The Invention of Public Sp...
Mogilevich provides a fascinating history of a watershed moment when designers, government administrators, and residents sought to remake the city in the image of a diverse, free, and democratic society...
37 min
1314
Gerald Posner, "Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Po...
Posner explores the fascinating and complex history of pharmaceutical and bio-tech industries. It is an industry like no other and a story like no other...
78 min
1315
Edward C. Valandra, "Colorizing Restorative Jus...
This book is thus a wake-up call for European-descended restorative justice practitioners as it is validating for Indigenous practitioners and practitioners of color and enlightening for anyone wishing to explore the intersections of indigeneity, racial justice, and restorative justice...
45 min
1316
Albena Azmanova, "Capitalism on Edge: How Fight...
Capitalism seems to many to be in a sort of constant crisis, leaving many struggling to make ends meet...
66 min
1317
Federico R. Waitoller, "Excluded by Choice: Urb...
Waitoller highlights the challenges faced by students of color who have special needs and their parents who evaluate their educational options...
40 min
1318
Jessica Whyte, "Morals of the Market: Human Rig...
Whyte uncovers the place of human rights in neoliberal attempts to develop a moral framework for a market society....
68 min
1319
Charles Allan McCoy, "Diseased States: Epidemic...
McCoy provides a blueprint for managing pandemics in the twenty-first century...
47 min
1320
Paul Offit, "Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goe...
Why Do Unnecessary and Often Counter-Productive Medical Interventions Happen So Often?
29 min
1321
Sara Mayeux, "Free Justice: A History of the Pu...
Mayeux explores the rise, both in the idea and practice, of the public defender throughout the 20th century...
52 min
1322
Matthew D. Wright, "A Vindication of Politics: ...
Rancor reigns in American politics. It is possible these days to regard politics as an arena that enriches and ennobles?
100 min
1323
Nicole Hassoun, "Global Health Impact: Expandin...
Every year nine million people are diagnosed with tuberculosis, every day over 13,400 people are infected with AIDs, and every thirty seconds malaria kills a child...
36 min
1324
Nathalie Peutz, "Islands of Heritage Conservati...
Soqotra, the largest island of Yemen's Soqotra Archipelago, is one of the most uniquely diverse places in the world...
76 min
1325
Mary Augusta Brazelton, "Mass Vaccination: Citi...
Mary Augusta Brazelton examines the PRC's public health campaigns of the 1950s to explain just how China managed to inoculate almost six hundred million people against this and other deadly diseases...
92 min