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Addressing Gun Violence: The Debate on Gun Policy

Policy Chats

In this episode, Professor of Economics Matthew Lang talks with a student from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about gun violence and gun control. Matthew Lang on the topic of the role mental health plays in gun violence. Matthew Lang on the topic of COVID and firearm sales. “As

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Addressing Gun Violence: The Debate on Gun Policy

Policy Chats

In this episode, Professor of Economics Matthew Lang talks with a student from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about gun violence and gun control. COVID increased uncertainty.everyone was fearful and uncertain.” - Matthew Lang on the topic of COVID and firearm sales. “As

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

The dynamic of cycles of contention taking aim at the essence of political opportunity, is a powerful one, Tarrow discusses, as information spreads about the susceptibility of a polity to challenge, additional activists and also “ordinary people” may “begin to test the limits of social control (1998, p.

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You don't have to bash the federal government to make the case for local action

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

P.S. Republican-controlled states tend to have reduced quality of life as measured by life expectancy and other indicators (" People in Republican Counties Have Higher Death Rates Than Those in Democratic Counties ," Scientific American , " Data shows conservative policies on health, guns and more increase mortality ," St.