But there is something weird about this form of «research» which aims to change the dynamics of debates
about public policy in this way.
But in a population that is poorly
informed about public policy, the positions people take on surveys are often soft — and complicated — and need to be evaluated with care.
Climate models are used to generate projections showing the consequences of various courses of action, so they are relevant to
discussions about public policy.
Now it's from Ross Douthat, who declares for lukewarmerism: LIKE a lot of conservatives who
write about public policy, my views on climate change place me in the ranks of what the British writer Matt Ridley once dubbed the «lukewarmers.»
«This kind of money coming down from a source like this tells me that they want to influence an election where they really don't
care about the public policy of the election, they just care about Rob Astorino winning.
«Jeff Klein and the seven members of the IDC, they are very
serious about public policy and to have them as partners in this, people who work out what's good public policy and then go forward with that larger majority and presenting it, it makes things work,» he said.
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This is due to the lengthening of the primary period and the truism that the «newsworthiness of what a candidate
says about public policies is limited» because «once a candidate makes known his position on an issue, further statements concerning that issue decline in news value».
Trump is a man prone to emotional outbursts with little
knowledge about public policy issues; it was easy to spin worst - case scenarios in which he might put the country in danger on a whim.
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It is a concession to the secularist assumption that
arguments about public policy and state behaviour must appeal only to «public reason»; that they must be accessible to all, regardless of their religious or philosophical assumptions.
Using the example of the current debate surrounding anthropomorphic climate change, Thompson sought to evaluate the argument from authority through a single prism, the way in which science is handled in
argumentation about public policy.
I learned an enormous
amount about public policy in this contest, but more importantly, I learned how prohibitively high taxes are squeezing Westchester families and inhibiting business development and job growth.»
«In this project, the youth will be making a difference in the community, they will be learning about an important community issue, and they will be learning
about public policy through the survey.
Starting in 2010, for example, dozens of college professors (including at Harvard) assigned students to write Wikipedia entries for
credit about public policy issues as part of a project launched by Wikimedia.
Therefore, when individuals»
views about a public policy are informed by misconceptions it is likely those views are more negative and more resistant to the policy than they would otherwise be.
The CJRB does not advocate positions on specific issues, we simply say that
debates about public policy including social issues should be resolved democratically by the parliamentary process.
His long newspaper career includes eighteen years with the Globe and Mail and fourteen years with the Vancouver Sun., where he wrote
extensively about public policy issues.
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Why should our leaders be exempt from real - time accountability when so much more is at stake - big
decisions about public policy, the use of your money, the course of our future?
No wonder Colbert Report and Daily Show viewers know
more about public policy than people who get their information from traditional tv news.
To which Somos Executive Director Tony Martinez added: «We are
serious about public policy and working with leaders for labor and business.»
A recent very personal story and some New York City background information raise questions that should help with more productive
discussions about public policy and how we educate our children.
The Action Fund's primary purpose is educating
voters about public policies that impact reproductive health care and rights — such as adequate funding for family planning services, access to safe and affordable abortion, the promotion of medically - accurate, age - appropriate sex education for our youth, increased access to emergency contraception and confidential health services for minors.