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David Ellwood: “We have to find a way to reward ideas that have had an impact on the world”

May 26, 2009| AAPSS, Fellows|

"Daniel Patrick Moynihan represented, to my eyes, the best in public service. I think of Daniel Patrick... Read More → David Ellwood: “We have to find a way to reward ideas that have had an impact on the world”

William Julius Wilson on Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s “Agenda-Setting” Contributions to Social Science

May 25, 2009| AAPSS, Fellows|

"It amuses me every time I read that some of Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s critics dismiss the importance of... Read More → William Julius Wilson on Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s “Agenda-Setting” Contributions to Social Science

AAPSS Installs 2009 Academy Fellows

May 24, 2009| AAPSS, Fellows|

On May 7th, 2009, AAPSS President Douglas S. Massey inducted five scholars as Fellows of the Academy, in... Read More → AAPSS Installs 2009 Academy Fellows

Mahzarin Banaji: “Technology has allowed us glimpses of our deepest nature”

May 23, 2009| AAPSS, Fellows|

In this moment when we are witness to the breakdown of systems financial and social in which so many had such... Read More → Mahzarin Banaji: “Technology has allowed us glimpses of our deepest nature”

Alan S. Blinder: Good Ideas that Come from Economic Reasoning

May 22, 2009| Fellows|

I want to talk about economics and public policy and, in particular, to develop a paradox—which, Webster... Read More → Alan S. Blinder: Good Ideas that Come from Economic Reasoning

Morris Fiorina: “I would love to believe that Obama read ‘Culture Wars’”

May 21, 2009| AAPSS, Fellows|

If there is an afterlife, I hope that Professor Lasswell has a sense of humor. Those of us in the rational... Read More → Morris Fiorina: “I would love to believe that Obama read ‘Culture Wars’”

Joseph S. Nye, Jr.: Figuring Out How to Combine Soft and Hard Power in Different Contexts

May 20, 2009| AAPSS, Fellows|

It is a real pleasure to have the honor of being the Theodore Roosevelt Fellow of the American Academy. I do... Read More → Joseph S. Nye, Jr.: Figuring Out How to Combine Soft and Hard Power in Different Contexts

Lawrence Sherman: The Need for Research to Keep from Causing Crime with Punishment

May 19, 2009| AAPSS, Fellows|

Thorsten Sellin was a long-term editor of The Annals of the AAPSS and a criminologist who did the first... Read More → Lawrence Sherman: The Need for Research to Keep from Causing Crime with Punishment

Joe Nye on the Obama Administration: “Combining hard and soft power and projecting a sense of vision and a sense of hope.”

May 12, 2009| AAPSS|

vc_rowvc_column width=”2/3″vc_column_text (The following are excerpts from an interview between... Read More → Joe Nye on the Obama Administration: “Combining hard and soft power and projecting a sense of vision and a sense of hope.”

Children of Immigrants: Exceptional Outcomes?

April 1, 2009| ANNALS|

Immigrants and their children make up almost a quarter of the population of the United States today, with... Read More → Children of Immigrants: Exceptional Outcomes?

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