Public Policy

American Talk Issues: Polling - Provides information about public interest polling and its relation to public opinion. Includes information about the book "Locating Consensus for Democracy" by Alan F. Kay.
http://www.publicinterestpolling.com/

Introduction to Social Policy - Social Policy is the study of the welfare state, and the range of responses to social need. This is a brief introduction to the subject.
http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction

The Electronic Hallway - Offers teaching cases, exercises, role-plays, teaching workshops, and curriculum planning resources to faculty focusing on public administration and public policy.
http://www.hallway.org/

The H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management Web Site - The Heinz School curriculum focuses on areas that included quantitative analysis, modeling, conomics and statistics.
http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/

Pepperdine University School of Public Policy - Information on the Masters in Public Policy program, educational conferences, research, students, admissions, financial aid, faculty members, and research fellows. Online application.
http://publicpolicy.pepperdine.edu/

Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy - The Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University is dedicated to educating tomorrow's leaders and improving the quality of public policymaking through scholarly research, undergraduate and graduate education, professional training, and the exchange of ideas with public officials and opinion leaders.
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/

The Robertson School of Government - Seeks to restore our nation's Judeo-Christian heritage, to renew the traditional values of citizenship in the public affairs of the United States. Leadership and policy issues are rigorously analyzed from various academic perspectives in a broad, multidisciplinary endeavor.
http://www.regent.edu/acad/schgov

Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) - Researches the American public's attitudes on international issues by conducting nationwide polls, focus groups and comprehensive reviews of polling conducted by other organizations.
http://www.pipa.org/

History and Policy - National platform to offer insights from recent historical research to assist policy makers and advisers. Contains several scholarly papers on the subject.
http://www.historyandpolicy.org/

Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism - Encourages collaborative research and informed policy on welfare reform and child well-being. Research projects, key topics, publications and links.
http://www.researchforum.org

The Burden of Bad Ideas - In this book Heather Mac Donald critizes the effects of today's elite thought throughout society. Introduction, reviews and links.
http://www.theburdenofbadideas.org

Issues in Science & Technology - A publication of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Cecil and Ida Green Center for the Study of Science and Society at the University of Texas at Dallas.
http://www.issues.org/

The Rockridge Institute - Think tank for progressive politics and public policies. Articles, activities and staff.
http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/