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The Power of The Nation State is Falling – and That’s a Good Thing

| March 30, 2022 | Blog Contributor

The Power of The Nation State is Falling – and That’s a Good Thing
Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the global economy and reconstructed the nature of our communities and politics, a friend expressed his frustration to me, muttering, “I cannot wait to live in precedented times.” But globally, the democratic...
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Lucie Kneip
Lucie Kneip studies political science and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame. She was selected as a Faith and Public Life Spring 2022 Student Blog Contributor.

The Architecture of Civil Society

| July 31, 2020

The Architecture of Civil Society
In recent years, scholars and policy-makers have shown a renewed interest in civil society. The call to revitalize and empower the mediating institutions that stand between the national government and the individual––from churches to charities to bowling leagues––has...
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Collin Slowey
Collin Slowey is a student at Baylor University, where he studies political science, and is the 2020 fall intern for the Initiative on Faith and Public Life.

The Secret to a Flourishing City

| July 27, 2015 | Society

The Secret to a Flourishing City
Jane Jacobs, the legendary urbanist, gifted the city her commonsense observations of what makes for flourishing community. While she walked her beloved Greenwich Village, she’d watch the comings and goings of a city alive with humanity.  Her streets had soul. But,...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.

Wasted Land, Wasted Opportunity

| July 20, 2015 | Economics, Society

Wasted Land, Wasted Opportunity
Walk through any major city and you will see weedy lots, fenced-in squares, and derelict developments that many of us try to ignore. Many of these places sit in the middle of the densest, most prosperous areas of urban America. Cities with underdeveloped or vacant...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.

Policy for the People

| July 7, 2015 | Politics

Policy for the People
Is policy made to help people or places? This is a central question politics is built to answer, and for too many years America’s leaders have answered wrongly. They have favored improving place at the expense of bettering the lives of people. The triumph of place is...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.