Public Policy Blog
JUNE 16, 2013
Approximately one year ago, on June 13, 2012, Representative Lisa Brown (D-Bloomfield) uttered the word that runs ice through the veins and casts fear into the hearts of male elected officials: Vagina. Measuring State House Speakers Formal Power 1981-2010. Women in the state legislative power structure: committee chairs.
Public Policy Blog
JANUARY 3, 2014
Prolific proponent of the networked society Manuel Castells (2011) describes mass media being displaced by mass self-communication (Deluca, Lawson, & Sun, 2012) in altering the communication model from one-to-one to many-to-many. One important aspect of this potential public sphere is its facilitation of social and political activism.
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
MARCH 4, 2024
As GSEs, they were highly limited in their permitted activities but given a preferred market position, along with the subsidies and privileges needed to deliver a public policy benefit to the public. More political than commercial. This was all laid out by Congress in their charters (i.e. the legislation establishing them).
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