Economic Inequality and Public Policy: The Power of Place

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Swanstrom ◽  
Peter Dreier ◽  
John Mollenkopf
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Contextual Effects ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
Public Action ◽  
Economic Segregation ◽  
American Society ◽  
Retail Services

In recent decades two broad trends in American society have been well–documented: rising income inequality and rising segregation of economic classes across space in metropolitan areas. The thesis of this article is that rising economic segregation is both a cause of rising economic inequality and amplifies its effects in ways that do not showup in the income statistics. The article synthesizes the evidence on the contextual effects of economic segregation in three areas: 1) jobs and income; 2) public services; and 3) retail services. Economic segregation does not only undermine equal opportunity, it also damages American democracy. Although more research is needed on the effects of economic segregation, the evidence is more than sufficient to call for public action.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Valls
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Racial Inequality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
Color Blind ◽  
American Society ◽  
Liberal Political Theory

The persistence of racial inequality in the United States raises deep and complex questions of racial justice. Some observers argue that public policy must be “color-blind,” while others argue that policies that take race into account should be defended on grounds of diversity or integration. This chapter begins to sketch an alternative to both of these, one that supports strong efforts to address racial inequality but that focuses on the conditions necessary for the liberty and equality of all. It argues that while race is a social construction, it remains deeply embedded in American society. A conception of racial justice is needed, one that is grounded on the premises provided by liberal political theory.

scholarly journals Basic Science and The NIH

1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold Varmus
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Basic Science ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
Keynote Speech ◽  
American Society

The following is an edited version of the Keynote Speech delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology by Harold Varmus, Director of the National Institutes of Health. The address, entitled Basic Science and the NIH, was given at the opening of the meeting in New Orleans on December 11, 1993. It was Varmus' first public policy talk as NIH Director.

scholarly journals Uma Epistemologia das Políticas Públicas: elementos para a ação pública

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-360
Author(s):  
Iván Flores Godoy
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Politique Publique ◽  
Public Action

  Uma Epistemologia das Políticas Públicas: elementos para a ação pública An Epistemology of Public Policy: elements for public action Una Epistemologia de las Políticas Públicas: elementos para la acción pública Une Épistémologie de la Politique Publique: éléments pour l'action publique   Obra: Políticas Públicas Formulación, implementación y evaluación Autor: André-Noël Roth Deubel Idioma: Espanhol Cidade: Bogotá Editora: Aurora Ano: 2002 14ª edição: 2019 Páginas: 296 ISBN-13: 978-958-9136-15-7

scholarly journals Measuring Concentration and Competition in the U.S. Nonprofit Sector: Implications for Research and Public Policy

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce A. Seaman ◽  
Amanda L. Wilsker ◽  
Dennis R. Young
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Important Distinction ◽  
Effective Competition ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Distribution Of Resources ◽  
Funding Programs ◽  
Concentration Patterns

AbstractIn an era of dramatic financial challenges, pressure is growing for U.S. nonprofit organizations to consolidate. Yet, we know little about the current concentration of the sector and even less about the degree of competition in various nonprofit subsectors. In this paper we offer a detailed analysis of concentration patterns across the sector and analyze variations in these patterns by subsector and metropolitan areas. It is well known that measuring concentration is not identical to assessing effective competition and is but a starting point for a more thorough competitive analysis. An important distinction is made between the concentration of resources within larger subsector organizations and inequality in the distribution of resources across those organizations. Some subsectors may be concentrated yet behave competitively because resources are distributed relatively equally among several large organizations. By contrast, other concentrated subsectors may behave less competitively because resources are very unequally controlled by a few organizations. Understanding the patterns of both concentration and inequality in the nonprofit sector is likely a prerequisite to drawing defensible conclusions about the degrees of competition in the sector and the desirability of further consolidation. This analysis has implications for both public policy and philanthropy. It bears on the issues of whether antitrust policy should be forcefully applied to the nonprofit sector, whether government funding programs should encourage nonprofit consolidation or competition, and whether philanthropic institutions should implore nonprofit organizations to consolidate further or to compete more vigorously.

Chinese Perceptions of American Democracy: Late Qing Observers and Their Experiences with the Chinese Exclusion Act

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-346
Author(s):  
Sam Wong ◽  
Brian Wong
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
Moral Foundation ◽  
Late Qing ◽  
Chinese Exclusion ◽  
Chinese Perceptions ◽  
American Society ◽  
Exclusion Act ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Analysis of the writings of Kuang Qizhao and other Chinese self-strengtheners suggests that their emphasis on promoting education before democracy and continuing to endorse classical Confucianism were not signs of a retrograde kind of conservatism, but an entirely rational decision based on the actual experiences of late Qing observers of 19th Century American democracy. Observing the U.S. Congress’s passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese officials observed the real dangers of demagogue led populism without an educated, moral citizenry and the apparent importance of Christianity to creating the moral foundation for an effective modern society. For Kuang, Confucianism was equivalent to Christianity to establish that moral basis, and not a conservative desire to preserve the old social order. Kuang would pass on his thoughts to some of China’s most important reformers and officials on his return home, suggesting he and the officials he associated with had a more realistic and sophisticated understanding of American society and democracy than is currently assumed.

Without Warning and Defenseless

2020 ◽  
pp. 104-118
Author(s):  
Timothy W. Kneeland
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Civil Defense ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
National Weather Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legislative Session ◽  
State Senator ◽  
The Government

This chapter describes how the public also vented anger and frustration at agents of government whose job it was to protect people before a natural disaster occurred. The public was incensed at having received no warnings from the National Weather Service (NWS) and demanded to know why their local civil defense organizations had failed in the midst of the crisis. The public expected to hold someone responsible for the death and the destruction of property. Assigning blame is an integral component of American democracy; in order for change to occur, the electorate must assign responsibility when the government fails so they can pressure officials into improving public policy. In response to the public outrage, elected officials conducted a series of hearings into what went wrong before and during the Hurricane Agnes disaster. State senator Bill Smith, who was unable to get Governor Nelson Rockefeller to agree to a special legislative session, teamed up with Senate majority leader Warren Anderson to hold special hearings into government failures during the disaster. These investigations would show just how tattered the disaster safety net had become in the days before Hurricane Agnes.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Matt Guardino
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Unintended Effects ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
News Content ◽  
Media System ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
The Media

This chapter introduces the argument and analyses. It explains the broader political importance of media coverage and public opinion during policy debates. The chapter also discusses how structural and institutional factors in the media system can contribute to often unforeseen or unintended effects on news content, and can ultimately shape the ideological direction of public opinion. It summarizes the book’s data and key claims about corporate news media’s role in rising economic inequality across the neoliberal era, and discusses the broader implications of the book’s argument and evidence for American democracy. The chapter ends by previewing the structure of the book.

Advice for practical application

2018 ◽  
pp. 259-276
Author(s):  
Peter Knoepfel
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Resource Analysis ◽  
Policy Actors ◽  
Public Action

This chapter provides advice on the practical application of the concepts relating to public action resources presented in the book. It proposes experience-based units for measuring each of the ten resources (and related indicators), a way of identifying the resource portfolios of public policy actors (mainly capable of demonstrating the differences between the resource portfolio at the disposal of each one of the three actors) and a standardized way of documenting resource exchanges. Finally, the chapter locates public action resource analysis within the context of comprehensive policy analysis studies based on a seven-point checklist.

Context: a survey of the literature

2018 ◽  
pp. 51-76
Author(s):  
Peter Knoepfel
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Public Action ◽  
Definition Of

This chapter deals with 19 recent contributions from the literature, which aim to provide a systematic categorization of public policy resources (Meltsner, Clapham, Lapeyronnie, Lacam, Kiun, Davern, Lemieux, Newig, Söderlund, Blin, Sabatier & Weible, Hood & Margetts, Dowding, Vesan & Graziano, Sauer, Imbeau, Compston, Klüver and Dente). It concludes that all of the ten resources dealt with in the current book feature in this literature, that the value of resources is relative, and that the contributions by Dente, Compston, Hude & Margetts are closest to mine while those of Söderland, Davers and Meltsner differ most significantly from it. The chapter insists on the exchangeability, transferability and objectivability of public action resources and rejects the inclusion in the definition of personal, individual characteristics of the actors, to whom such resources belong. Furthermore, it stresses the observation that not only public actors but also civil society actors have public action resources.

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