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John Richard Skuse, Class of 1941, Professor of Political Science

Courses:

PS 15, "Sophomore Seminar: Politics in the City"
PS 101, "Presidency and the Executive Branch"
PS 102, "Congress, Bureaucracy, and Public Policy"
PS 113, "Nonprofits and Civil Society"
 

Strengthening America’s Nonprofits Project:

• A Voice for Nonprofits, Brookings Institution Press
• Surveying Nonprofits: A Methods Handbook (Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund)
• Questionnaire used for the survey of nonprofits
• "Nonprofits Groups Shouldn't Be Afraid to Lobby," Chronicle of Philanthropy
• "Lobbying and Charity: A Quiz," adapted from "A Voice for Nonprofits" for The Chronicle of Philanthropy
• "The Lobbying Law is More Charitable Than They Think," Washington Post
• "Charities of the World—Unite!," Chronicle of Philanthropy

Advocacy and Public Policy web site

Recent Papers:

• "Washington: The Real No-Spin Zone," Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, August, 2007.
• "Does Money Buy Power? Interest Group Resources and Policy Outcomes," Midwest Political Science Association Conference
• "Goals, Salience, and the Nature of Advocacy," American Political Science Association Conference
• "The Structure of the Policy Conflict," Midwest Political Science Association Conference

Politics of the Outrage Industry:

• "The Outrage Industry" (with Sarah Sobieraj), paper delivered at the Conference on Going to Extremes, Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College, June 19-21, 2008

The New Liberalism:
Newsweek article about The New Liberalism
Brookings Institution Press home page

The Challenge of Democracy authors’ web site

Bay State Cities Project:
"Power and Interest Groups in City Politics," Working Paper, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Kennedy School of Government

Interview Templates:

• Administrators
• City Councillors
• Group Advocates

Elite Interviewing
"Validity and Reliability in Elite Interviewing," from PS

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