Public Policy

Aboutpolicy Services
We provide information on topics regarding the development, analysis and history of public policy at the local, state and federal levels of government.
http://www.aboutpolicy.com

American Talk Issues: Polling
Provides information about public interest polling and its relation to public opinion. Includes information about the book "Locating Consensus for Democracy" by Alan F. Kay.
http://www.publicinterestpolling.com/

The Burden of Bad Ideas
In this book Heather Mac Donald critizes the effects of today's elite thought throughout society. Introduction, reviews and links.
http://www.theburdenofbadideas.org

The Electronic Hallway
Offers teaching cases, exercises, role-plays, teaching workshops, and curriculum planning resources to faculty focusing on public administration and public policy.
http://www.hallway.org/

The H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management Web Site
The Heinz School curriculum focuses on areas that included quantitative analysis, modeling, conomics and statistics.
http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/

History and Policy
National platform to offer insights from recent historical research to assist policy makers and advisers. Contains several scholarly papers on the subject.
http://www.historyandpolicy.org/

Introduction to Social Policy
Social Policy is the study of the welfare state, and the range of responses to social need. This is a brief introduction to the subject.
http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction

Issues in Science & Technology
A publication of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Cecil and Ida Green Center for the Study of Science and Society at the University of Texas at Dallas.
http://www.issues.org/

Pepperdine University School of Public Policy
Information on the Masters in Public Policy program, educational conferences, research, students, admissions, financial aid, faculty members, and research fellows. Online application.
http://publicpolicy.pepperdine.edu/

Policy Library
Extensive database of think tank and academic papers on social, economic, and foreign policy from around the world. Also provides information about policy jobs, courses, research resources, and events.
http://www.policylibrary.com/

Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism
Encourages collaborative research and informed policy on welfare reform and child well-being. Research projects, key topics, publications and links.
http://www.researchforum.org

The Robertson School of Government
Seeks to restore our nation's Judeo-Christian heritage, to renew the traditional values of citizenship in the public affairs of the United States. Leadership and policy issues are rigorously analyzed from various academic perspectives in a broad, multidisciplinary endeavor.
http://www.regent.edu/acad/schgov

The Rockridge Institute
Think tank for progressive politics and public policies. Articles, activities and staff.
http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/

Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy
The Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University is dedicated to educating tomorrow's leaders and improving the quality of public policymaking through scholarly research, undergraduate and graduate education, professional training, and the exchange of ideas with public officials and opinion leaders.
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/

WorldPublicOpinion.org
Researches the global public's attitudes on international issues by conducting single- and multi-country polls.
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/