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This album features programs sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Affairs at the University of California, Davis, focused on domestic policy issues,including the current economic crisis. The institute is drawing upon the expertise of UC Davis social scientists, and others, to provide analysis and commentary on the multiple critical issues facing the nation.

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This album features programs sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Affairs at the University of California, Davis, focused on domestic policy issues,including the current economic crisis. The institute is drawing upon the expertise of UC Davis social scientists, and others, to provide analysis and commentary on the multiple critical issues facing the nation.

    Religious Conservatives and Safe Sex

    Religious Conservatives and Safe Sex

    Robert S. Taylor, associate professor of political science at UC Davis, dissects the religious conservative view on HPV vaccination. His focus is "an imminent criticism of the religious conservative position," as he believes that "the policies don't follow the religious conservative position."

    • 52 min
    Buying National: Democracy and Discrimination in Public Procurement

    Buying National: Democracy and Discrimination in Public Procurement

    Daniel Y. Kono, associate professor of political science at UC Davis, discusses "explanations of procurement discrimination, why some governments discriminate more than others and why governments use procurement discrimination as opposed to other types of protectionist instruments."

    • 58 min
    Privatization and Its Discontents: The Shared Fate of Public Education and the Public Lands

    Privatization and Its Discontents: The Shared Fate of Public Education and the Public Lands

    Louis Warren, professor of history at UC Davis, discusses how public education and the land set aside for public universities are a legacy of the homestead era.

    • 54 min
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    Immigration and Labor Markets During the Last Decade

    Immigration and Labor Markets During the Last Decade

    Giovanni Peri, professor of economics at UC Davis, discusses immigration and its impact on the labor market in the United States.

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Boehner's Dilemma: Candidates, Voters, and the Tea Party in the 2010 Elections

    Boehner's Dilemma: Candidates, Voters, and the Tea Party in the 2010 Elections

    Walt Stone, professor of political science, discusses the effects of the Tea Party on the 2010 election.

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Ideology and Spacial Voting in American Elections

    Ideology and Spacial Voting in American Elections

    Stephen Jessee, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses voters' ideological preferences, and the influence of party identification on voters' decisions on presidential elections.

    • 1 hr 10 min

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