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Thinking About Politics: A Conference Dedicated to Explaining and Perpetuating the Political Insights of James Q. Wilson took place at Harvard University and Boston College on April 4-5, 2013.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Boston College, Corcoran Commons, Heights Room
Campanella Way, Chestnut Hill, MA
Lunch was followed by talks by Hugh Heclo, George Mason University, and Peter H. Schuck, Yale Law School
Panel 4: From Political Science to Policy Analysis
Lawrence M. Mead, New York University, Telling the Truth: James Q. Wilson and Political Science
R. Shep Melnick, Boston College, Political Science, Policy Analysis, and Practical Wisdom: Some Lessons from the Writing and Career of James Q. Wilson
Discussants:
William Kristol, The Weekly Standard (chair)
Pietro S. Nivola, Brookings Institution, Comment
Christopher C. DeMuth, Hudson Institute
About PCG at Harvard
The Program on Constitutional Government is associated with the Center for American Political Studies in the Department of Government at Harvard University. It was founded in 1985 by Harvey Mansfield and William Kristol, and guided since then by Mansfield and R. Shep Melnick of Boston College. The Program promotes the study of the U.S. Constitution and its principles, combining the fields of political theory and American government. It brings visiting professors to Harvard, invites guest speakers, and supports postdoctoral fellowships. It seeks to improve the access of Harvard students to political debate by ensuring that the principle of diversity is not confined to favored classes of Americans but extended to political opinion—since it is the interest of all that both sides be heard.
Visit harveymansfield.org for additional videos and related material.
Thinking About Politics: A Conference Dedicated to Explaining and Perpetuating the Political Insights of James Q. Wilson took place at Harvard University and Boston College on April 4-5, 2013.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Boston College, Corcoran Commons, Heights Room
Campanella Way, Chestnut Hill, MA
Lunch was followed by talks by Hugh Heclo, George Mason University, and Peter H. Schuck, Yale Law School
Panel 4: From Political Science to Policy Analysis
Lawrence M. Mead, New York University, Telling the Truth: James Q. Wilson and Political Science
R. Shep Melnick, Boston College, Political Science, Policy Analysis, and Practical Wisdom: Some Lessons from the Writing and Career of James Q. Wilson
Discussants:
William Kristol, The Weekly Standard (chair)
Pietro S. Nivola, Brookings Institution, Comment
Christopher C. DeMuth, Hudson Institute
About PCG at Harvard
The Program on Constitutional Government is associated with the Center for American Political Studies in the Department of Government at Harvard University. It was founded in 1985 by Harvey Mansfield and William Kristol, and guided since then by Mansfield and R. Shep Melnick of Boston College. The Program promotes the study of the U.S. Constitution and its principles, combining the fields of political theory and American government. It brings visiting professors to Harvard, invites guest speakers, and supports postdoctoral fellowships. It seeks to improve the access of Harvard students to political debate by ensuring that the principle of diversity is not confined to favored classes of Americans but extended to political opinion—since it is the interest of all that both sides be heard.
Visit harveymansfield.org for additional videos and related material.
