News
Public Policy: An Evolutionary Approach
Congratulations to Dr. David Hedge who is a co-author of the
newly published, Public Policy: An Evolutionary Approach.
Public Policy: An Evolutionary Approach, examines how the substance and process of public policy and our understanding of that have evolved in America. After providing the reader with an analytic, historic and contextual framework for viewing public policy in the U.S., the authors offer a comprehensive look at the various elements of the governing process including agenda setting and problem definition, policy formation, implementation, program evaluation, and policy change and termination. In doing that, the authors pay particular attention to the range of theories that have been offered to explain how, why, and with what effects governments act. The authors then look at three critical policy areas - environment, education, and welfare - to further illustrate how governing proceeds in the U.S. Throughout the text the authors draw extensively on actual policy examples including recent efforts to reform education and welfare and the war in Iraq.
Dr. Zach Selden To Become Deputy Secretary General for Policy
Dr. Zach Selden has been appointed Deputy Secretary General for Policy at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels, Belgium.
The NATO PA is composed of the members of national legislatures from the NATO member countries who work on security issues. His job will be to advise the President of the Assembly on policy issues as well as manage US relations with partner countries suchas Russia and the Ukraine.
News and Events
Events
July 21-25, 2008
Civics Academy
With support from the Helios Education Foundation, the Florida Joint Center for Citizenship and FLREA will offer a week long professional development program for middle school civics teachers during the summer of 2008.
During the week of July 21-25, 2008 we will be offering a program in Gainesville.This program will cover the We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution and Project Citizen curricula from the Center for Civic Education. For more information these resources you can go to www.civiced.org. The online brochure and other information can be accessed by going to www.floridacitizen.org.
September 5, Time TBA: Ocora, Pugh Hall
The 2008 Primaries
Dr. Howard Dean (Chair, Democratic National Committee) will discuss the primaries in Florida during the 2008 election. This event is part of the Presidential Lecture Series: The Path to the Whitehouse.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets are available at the Graham Center office, 220 Pugh Hall. This series is made possible through generous gifts from Ron Ansin and Kaplan Higher Education. For more information contact Michael Bowen at 352-273-1080 or at mbowen@ufl.edu.
October 7, 7:00pm: Ocora at Pugh Hall
The Next President and Florida
Governor Charlie Crist (R-FL) will discuss the relationship between the Sunshine State and the Executive Office. This event is part of the Presidential Lecture Series: The Path to the Whitehouse.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets are available at the Graham Center office, 220 Pugh Hall. This series is made possible through generous gifts from Ron Ansin and Kaplan Higher Education. For more information contact Michael Bowen at 352-273-1080 or at mbowen@ufl.edu.
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