Civility in Democracy: Election 2008
We live in an increasingly contentious political climate fueled by partisan gridlock, negative campaigns, disputed results, and declining citizen participation in government. This series of lectures, forums and workshops during the presidential election year of 2008 is designed to promote civility in public life, to improve statesmanship among elected officials, and to increase citizen participation in government.
It was a collaborative partnership funded by Gulf Coast community
Foundation of Venice.
To listen to an interview with David Klement, Director of the
Institute for Public Policy and Leadership, on Election Year
Lectures, Classes and Workshops,
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The
Next Five Years
With the bursting of the real estate
bubble in 2007, the perennial debate over growth and development
changed dramatically. In 2008 the focus shifted to a stagnant growth industry, or, to
borrow from a popular soft drink maker, “un-growth.”
In 2008 civic, government and business leaders worried about how a slowing
growth industry would impact jobs, housing, commerce, governance, the
arts, tourism and other aspects of daily life in the
Sarasota-Manatee area.
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Health Care Study
As the U.S. health care system continues to
evolve, so the Manatee County health care system is experiencing a
variety of challenges. Even though the health system has grown to be
complex and sophisticated, it has failed to provide the expected
benefits of quality health care for the community.
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Environmental Economics
This four-part series in winter-spring 2009 is
exploring a market-driven approach to environmental issues. A
panel of four academic experts affiliated with the Property and
Environment Research Center (PERC) at Montana State University in
Bozeman are seeking to debunk a number of commonly held beliefs about
environmental issues and how approaching them from a capitalist
perspective may be more productive than the prevailing model of a
punitive regulatory climate. The four promoted what PERC Director
Terry Anderson, PhD. calls "free market environmentalism" in a book by
that title, a concept based on the belief that market approaches to
environmental issues can be both economically sound and environmentally
sensitive. Anderson believes that government subsidies and rules
often contribute to degradation of the environment, while private
property rights encourage resource stewardship by harnessing market
incentives to individual initiatives for protecting environmental
quality.
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