Brookings Press Blog

Brookings Press prepares for American Political Science Association meetings

The Brookings Institution Press will be participating in next week’s APSA conference in Toronto, Ontario. Our newest and most relevant books will be on display in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from Thursday, September 3, through Sunday morning, September 6.

The Brookings Press will be represented by Steve Roman of our marketing department, Senior Editor Chris Kelaher, and BI Press Director Robert Faherty. Our exhibit will run in booths 318, 320, and 322. We warmly encourage attendees to come by to say hello, see our newest books in Government and Politics, and discuss their own work and plans.

Among the brand new titles on display at the Brookings booth will be William R. Lowry’s Repairing Paradise: The Restoration of Nature in America’s National Parks, Sarah Binder and Forrest Maltzman’s Advice & Dissent: The Struggle to Shape the Federal Judiciary and Creating an Opportunity Society by Isabel Sawhill and Ron Haskins.

To find out more about the forthcoming American Political Science Association conference, see the APSA site.

 

 

 

 

Noveck discusses ‘Wiki Government’ with Brian Lehrer

In an interview that aired on WNYC, a New York-based NPR affiliate, Lehrer asked Noveck about her role in the Obama Administration’s efforts to increase transparency in government. This led to discussion of Noveck’s pioneering Peer-to-Patent program, which is detailed in Wiki Government.

Noveck’s book, of course, has garnered considerable attention in the past few months, some of which has been documented in this blog. In the words of Google President Eric Schmidt, “With a compelling blend of high theory and practical know-how, Beth Noveck explains how political institutions can directly engage the public to solve complex problems and create a better democracy.”

- Learn more about Beth Noveck and Wiki Government

- Listen to Noveck’s interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show