http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/candidate-performance-rather-than-policies-drive-voters-new-book-says/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/candidate-performance-rather-than-policies-drive-voters-new-book-says/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:58:18 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33046 Politicians may focus on policy issues in hopes of persuading voters, but a new book by a UC Berkeley political scientist says that's not what matters most to voters.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/candidate-performance-rather-than-policies-drive-voters-new-book-says/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/11/15/new-deal-no-deal/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/11/15/new-deal-no-deal/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:00:56 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=1136 In the midst of forecasts of continuing economic woes and congressional gridlock, experts gathered recently at UC Berkeley to assess what worked and what didn’t during the Great Depression-inspired New Deal, the Obama administration’s still emerging efforts to ease the Great Recession, and prospects for relief, reform and recovery]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/11/15/new-deal-no-deal/feed/ 0