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What Political Science can give to policy makers - The Monkey Cage - 4 views

    • madison taylor
       
      I would agree that it has to be hard to present an argument that gets at the idea of why this way of doing things is so wrong, and how can we enable people to choose a better way to make their arguments?
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Embrace the Wonk : CJR - 1 views

  • Political scientists aren’t going to like this book, because it portrays politics as it is actually lived by the candidates, their staff and the press, which is to say—a messy, sweaty, ugly, arduous competition between flawed human beings—a universe away from numbers and probabilities and theories
    • madison taylor
       
      I would probably pretty angry as a political scientist at this mark as well. It definitely gives them a bad name and confirms fears of the public that so much goes on in private that we dont knnow about and is shady.
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Uzodinma Iweala - Stop Trying To 'Save' Africa - 3 views

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      should it really matter what the motives are for people who are giving money and aid to Africa as long as it is helping and trying to make a difference?
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Edge: WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? By Jonathan Haidt - 9 views

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      I think only a few number of conservatives would actually fit into this idea of what he thiks a republican is.
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PublicAffairs Books: THE POLITICAL BRAIN - 8 views

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      I feel like these are all pretty obvious ideas, everyone wants to generate positive feelings about their party and its goals.
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Dr. Marichal's Course Portals (2170) - 32 views

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      It is crazy to see how simple medical and comfort needs cannot be met for the women in Niger. These women have to go through this painful childbirth and on top of it there babies have such a slim rate of survival. We take so much for granted.
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