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Catherine Tucker, Anthropology

Catherine Tucker, Anthropology

Professor Tucker is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology who has been affiliated with the Workshop since 1996.

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A New Science of Governance for a New Age

The betterment of humankind depends on the ability of fallible human beings to make decisions, manage resources, and govern themselves.  This is the basis of democracy, and of civilization itself.  It is also the basis for more than 30 years of research and inquiry at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Mother and child

The Workshop’s teaching and research probes the inner workings of human institutions—structures of rules used to govern people and resources, in this usage—in order to better understand what works and what does not.  Institutions affect every facet of life, from public services to family and community structures to natural resources and beyond, and the Workshop’s research helps people design and adapt their institutions so that they generate better outcomes.

 

Lin Wins Nobel!


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