Category: Public Policy

An Earth Day Excerpt from Making Seafood Sustainable

In many parts of the United States, seafood consisted of canned salmon and canned tuna fish. Processing seafood by freezing was in its infancy. Fresh fish was sold in grocery stores and restaurants mainly in coastal cities such as Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, and New York. Today, technological advances, such as jet airplanes and new freezing techniques, have made it possible for processors and distributors to offer people throughout the United States and in other nations a wide variety of seafood. Fresh, wild salmon from Alaska nestle next to frozen, farm-raised tilapia from China in grocers’ counters across America.
My book explains how this transformation occurred. To do so, I explore the interactions among fishers, executives of seafood-processing firms, governmental officials, scientists, and environmentalists in formulating policies that created the food chains connecting boats to consumers.

Paul’s Pick for April, a Free Article on School Reform from Dissent

Hence, to revolutionize public education, which is largely under state and local jurisdiction, reformers must get state and local governments to adopt their agenda as basic policy; they must counter the teachers’ unions’ political clout. To this end, ed reformers are shifting major resources—staff and money—into state and local campaigns for candidates and legislation.

Tax and Spend–Now Available

Tax and Spend: The Welfare State, Tax Politics, and the Limits of American Liberalism Molly C. Michelmore 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN… READ MORE

California Crucible–Now Available

California Crucible: The Forging of Modern American Liberalism Jonathan Bell 352 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4387-1 | $47.50 | £31.00 A volume in the Politics… READ MORE

Truth and Democracy–Now Available

Truth and Democracy Edited by Jeremy Elkins and Andrew Norris 352 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4379-6 | $69.95 | £45.50 A volume in the Democracy,… READ MORE