Bonus Chapters

Four chapters that didn't make it into the final version of the book.

Apr 17, 202111 min

CHANGING MINDS AND BEHAVIOR:Nudging People Through Policy

One of the paradoxes of life is that our big decisions are often less calculated than our small ones are. We agonize over what to stream...

Apr 17, 202112 min

PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY BUILDING:Porous Boundaries, Common Ground

No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. ...

Apr 17, 202116 min

IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS, PRESERVING COMMUNITIES:NIMBY and Displacement

Apparently, you don't need dot-com wealth to ruin an area for its low-income residents. The Pioneer Press quotes Secretary of HUD Andrew...

Apr 17, 202113 min

USING ELECTIONS: Candidate Forums and Questionnaires

Hard questions should be asked of every candidate, every politician. And those public servants should be prepared to answer, but in their...