| Events by Douglas J. Besharov |
| Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar in Social Welfare Studies |
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The Myth of the Declining Middle Class
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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| Is the American middle class fighting for its life? Is there truly a "middle class squeeze"? |
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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage
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Monday, August 27, 2007
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| In anticipation of the August 28 release of the U.S. Census Bureau’s “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage” report, AEI scholars Joseph Antos, Douglas J. Besharov, and Karlyn Bowman will |
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Measuring Poverty after Katrina
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Monday, August 28, 2006
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| AEI scholars Douglas J. Besharov and Nicholas Eberstadt will be joined by W. Wilson Goode Sr., former mayor of Philadelphia to discuss the numbers that The Census Bureau will release on |
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Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing
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Thursday, April 20, 2006
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| How can today's police officers can meet the ethical challenges of policing while living up to heightened demands for better security? |
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The Health Disparities Myth
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
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| Many experts today insist that a patient's race profoundly affects how the medical-care system deals with him. |
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State of the Union
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Tuesday, January 20, 2004
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| AEI scholars give a pre-State of the Union briefing on the U.S. economy, health care, the American family, and foreign and defense issues. |
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Family and Child Well-Being after Welfare Reform
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Monday, September 8, 2003
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| Douglas J. Besharov presents his new book, Family and Child Well-Being after Welfare Reform. |
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Post-Welfare-Reform Welfare
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Monday, October 7, 2002
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| In the second Bradley Lecture of the 2002-2003 season, Douglas J. Besharov discusses what the future holds for welfare reform. |
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Are We All "Compassionate Conservatives" Now?
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Thursday, June 7, 2001
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| George W. Bush ran as a "compassionate conservative"; Bill Clinton was a "New Democrat." Does this signal a new middle consensus for domestic policymaking? |
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Toward a Monochrome Society?
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Monday, April 2, 2001
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| The recently released census data showing a dramatic rise in various minority populations within the United States suggest that America is on its way to becoming an even more diverse society. |
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| Research Areas |
| Education (vocational, high-school counseling, Affirmative Action, and student aid) |
| Poverty (trends, causes, and remedies) |
| Welfare reform (job training and program evaluation) |
| Families (marriage, divorce, same-sex marriage, and nonmarital births) |
| Child abuse/child welfare (foster care and delinquency) |
| Preschool and child care (Head Start) |
| Race and ethnicity (Affirmative Action and black middle class) |
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| Research Projects |
| Welfare Reform Academy |
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| Contact Information |
Douglas J. Besharov
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5904
Assistant: 202-862-5941
Fax: 202-862-5802
E-mail: DBesharov@aei.org
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Family and Child Well-Being after Welfare Reform
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| This book explores how low-income children and their families are faring in the wake of welfare reform. [Read More] |
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