Silent Spring
In this edition of the Bedrosian Book Club Podcast, we’re looking at the classic nonfiction book,
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, the book that launched the environmental movement.
In this edition of the Bedrosian Book Club Podcast, we’re looking at the classic nonfiction book,
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, the book that launched the environmental movement.
Originally posted on the USC Price News, October 28, 2014 Frank Zerunyan and Dan Mazmanian enhance knowledge about new trends and emerging issues in governance USC Price School of Public Policy professors Frank Zerunyan and Dan Mazmanian traveled to Armenia to participate in a United Nations workshop titled “Developing Government Read more…
Elgar Companion to Sustainable Cities: Strategies, Methods and Outlook Edited by Daniel A. Mazmanian, Professor of Public Policy, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California and Hilda Blanco, Research Professor and Interim Director, Center for Sustainable Cities, Sol Price School of Public Policy University of Southern California, Read more…
Bedrosian Faculty Affiliate, and former Director, Dan Mazmanian discussed the “Fix it with Six” ballot measure in an article in The Sacramento Bee: Via The Sacramento Bee By Jim Miller Published: Saturday, May. 3, 2014 – 12:00 am Last Modified: Sunday, May. 4, 2014 – 10:44 am No one gives Read more…
Prof. Dan Mazmanian will provide testimony on the need for new laws and governance structures for California for adapting to climate change to California’s “Little Hoover” Commission on State Government and Economy on August 22, 2013. The agenda for the hearing is available here. Mazmanian’s written testimony can be found here. Read more…
One of the Most Important Non-Issues of the Campaign – Climate Change October 17, 2012 11:30am to 1:00pm Featuring: Dan Mazmanian, Professor at USC Price, and Director of New Initiatives at the USC Center for Sustainable Cities Juliana Wang, Assistant Professor at USC Dornsife Charles Epting, USC College Republicans Alexander Read more…
Road to the White House Featuring: Dan Schnur, Director, USC Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics Geoffrey Cowan, Director, USC Annenberg Center of Communication Leadership and Policy Dan Mazmanian, Director, USC Judith and John Bedrosian Center on Government and the Public Enterprise Moderated by: Aaron Wong, President, USC College Republicans Read more…
Road to the White House The futures of China and the United States are increasingly interlinked. From an economic perspective, US deficits are funded in large part through loans from China. Those loans, in turn, are funded through China’s accumulated trade surpluses, which are vivid reminders of a declining US Read more…
Dan Mazmanian gave a keynote address entitled “A Robust Strategy for Governing Climate Change Adaptation” at the Governance of Adaptation symposium in Amsterdam on March 22-23, 2012. His talk outlined a governing framework that would enable policy, planning, and major development adaptation choices to be made in the face of Read more…
The House, the Senate, and the White House have all released dueling transportation spending bills – and we’re not likely to see any of them passed this election year. Each version represents competing visions for federal leadership in US infrastructure and finance in an era where trillion-dollar deficits and unemployment still weigh heavily on budgetary politics.
There are three obstacles to the future development of nuclear power: Safety, waste disposal, and weapons proliferation. The current US administration has a mixed record regarding nuclear power: On one hand it has been promoting nuclear power as a means to producing energy without greenhouse gas emissions; on the other hand, it has stopped the development nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada calling into question a solution that seemed to be in reach.
Bedrosian Center / SoCal ASPA forum series Shifting the Burden is the kick-off event which begins a year-long series of panel discussions. Local and state government leaders and scholars will discuss how organizations are realigning the services they provide with funding sources that shift the cost burdens of service Read more…
Rapid demographic change has dramatic, polarizing effects among the electorate, especially in a time of economic despair. The declining majority status of whites, growing numbers of elderly, and increasing immigration each have been cause for rejoicing and new political demands. Yet those trends fan fears and galvanize opposition that is easily exploited by political candidates. In this environment is there any hope for reducing division and polarization? How can a middle-ground position of common interests be established and defended?
A look at the 2010 health reform legislation, which was become a hot button in the early 2012 presidential debates. Voters remain conflicted about what they want in their health system and what they demand from their politicians.
Bedrosian Center / SoCal ASPA forum series A panel of experts discusses case studies focusing on Southern California local governments and school districts which not only have successfully coped with budget cuts but are demonstrating and building long-term fiscal sustainability leadership in a new era of austerity. Among issues the Read more…
Throughout US history, the paths to reform have been paved with obstacles. California is seen as the leader in climate change strategies, but is California’s policy the right path forward?
SoCal ASPA forum series Public attention has increasingly focused on mounting public employee retiree costs in California as a significant driver of state and local government expenditures. A panel of public administrators and researchers will discuss the reforms proposed to address the pension crisis, including the state’s bipartisan Little Hoover Read more…
Leadership and Legacy : An Academic Symposium Multiple Locations Reagan Centennial Symposium Papers and Videos February 1-2, 2011 Executive Leadership from the Inside Out Paper from James Pfiffner, George Mason University : Paradox of President Reagan’s Leadership Presidents must lead a large staff of internal advisors, appointees, and high-ranking civil Read more…
Governance Reform, Accountability, & Transparency October 4, 2010 Co-Sponsored by SoCal ASPA The LA Times reporters who broke the story about the Bell scandal, a USC expert in administrative ethics, the executive director of the state league of cities and a state legislator who introduced reform legislation will gather for Read more…
A Conversation Prompted by Today’s Fiscal Crisis May 3, 2010 The challenges facing local governments in California today have combined in a perfect storm: a half century of growth in state and local government required services and regulatory activities, mirrored by growth in public sector employment, deferred obligations to Read more…