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Spring 2005 Featured Books

Here is a list of the books featured to date. Please check back often, as books will be added weekly throughout the spring semester.
 
   


February 7

Pippa Norris, Paul. F. McGuire Lecturer
in Comparative Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Sacred and Secular: Religion and
Politics Worldwide

   
February 21

Robert Rotberg, Lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government 

When States Fail: Causes and
Consequences

 

   
March 7

David Lazer
, Associate Professor of Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government

DNA and the Criminal Justice System: the Technology of Justice
   
  March 21

Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Innovation: Applying Knowledge in Development


  April 11

Max Bazerman
, Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Predictable Surprises: the Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming and How to Prevent Them


April 25

Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government 

Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms: Perspectives from Law, Economics and Business


May 23

Steven Kelman, Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. Weatherhead Professor of Public Management
 

Unleashing Change: a Study of Organizational Renewal in Government
 
 
 









February 14


Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public
Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government


John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life,

His Politics, His Economics
   
February 28

Swanee Hunt, Director, Women and Public Policy Program; Lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government
 

This Was Not Our War:
Bosnian women Reclaiming the Peace
 
March 14

Archon Fung,
Associate Professor of Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Empowered Participation:  Reinventing Urban Democracy
   
April 4

Stephen Goldsmith, Daniel Paul Professor of Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Governing By Network: the New Shape
of the Public Sector
 


April 18

Ricardo Hausmann, Professsor of the Practice of Economic Development,
John F. Kennedy School of Government

Other People's Money: Debt Denomination and Financial Instability
in Emerging Market Economies


 

May 16

Steven E. Miller, Director of the International Security Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government

The Russian Military: Power and
Policy

 

May 30

Nicolas Retsinas, Director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University

Opportunity and Progress: a Bipartisan Platform for National Housing Policy

 

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