Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies

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The Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies at the George Washington University is the nation's leading center for communitarian policy research and is a research institute dedicated to finding constructive solutions to social problems through morally informed policy analysis and moral dialogue. We seek to bring the best scholarship and analysis to bear on policy issues affecting family, schools, the community, and the moral climate of society as a whole.

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Facebook Facts: Americans Are Giving up Their Fourth Amendment Rights

April 10, 2018

Must the nation find new ways to limit the personal information corporations can amass, and above all, what they can share with the government?

China: A ‘Strategic’ Threat?

March 05, 2018

The Pentagon’s latest National Defense Strategy rests on some shaky assumptions.

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#MeToo: America's Fastest-Changing Conversation

February 14, 2018

America can't afford to ignore the speed and sweep and effect of recent moral dialogues on sexual harassment.

Theoretical Implications of “High Rent”

January 24, 2018

Evidence indicates that when a party pays lobbyists to secure special benefits for that party, in terms of resource allocations by the government, that party gains a very high return on its outlays