Research on political activism compares the ways that citizens engage in the public sphere, the processes that lead them to do so, and the consequences of these acts. The structure of opportunities ...
As a growing number of jurisdictions across the country have attempted to implement bail reforms, debates have intensified about the relationship between such reforms and crime, including and perhaps ...
This paper provides a description of the recent decentralization reforms in Pakistan under General Musharraf. In the process, we hope to not only highlight major aspects of this reform, but also to ...
Cognitive scientists and others who do research on analogical reasoning often claim that the use of precedent in law is an application of reasoning by analogy. In fact, however, law’s principle of ...
Criticism dogged Hillary Clinton at every step of the general election. Her “bad press” outpaced her “good press” by 64 percent to 36 percent. She was criticized for everything from her speaking style ...
This working paper focuses on the plight of community banks in the United States. It begins by examining different definitions of what constitutes a community bank, and goes on to review what makes ...
In the era of Kennedy and Khrushchev, power was expressed in terms of nuclear missiles, industrial capacity, numbers of men under arms, and tanks lined up ready to cross the plains of Eastern Europe.
What is the benefit of earning an Executive Certificate? Your Harvard Kennedy School Executive Certificate is a significant enhancement to your résumé that recognizes your successful completion of ...
THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES have witnessed significant liberalization among developing economies to foreign trade and investment, as advocated by international organizations. Nevertheless, for strategic ...
Principles of Economics, 7th Edition. Gregory Mankiw, 2014, Book. "With its clear and engaging writing style, Principles of Economics, Seventh Edition, continues to be one of the most popular books on ...
What does happiness mean? How can we be happy? Earlier this month, Oprah Winfrey and Arthur Brooks gathered at Harvard Business School to discuss these exact questions. Winfrey initially found Brooks’ ...
Background: China has one of the highest levels of tobacco consumption globally, and there is no national smoke-free legislation. Although more than 20 Chinese cities have passed local smoke-free laws ...