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What is the Manhattan Institute? This is a report I did on an agency that I randomly selected. Manhattan InstituteA. Title of agency or organization? Manhattan Institute B. Where is home base (city/state/country)? New York City, New York, USA C. Date founded? Established 1978 D. Names of key spokespersons/officers Lawrence J. Mone (President) Brain C. Anderson (Senoir Editor) Michael Barreiro (Chief of Staff) E. What/who is key constituency or audience? The main audience is congress and some other people in Washington F. What are the agency’s main activities? Work with Washington to develop new immigration policies, writing policy papers, and testifying in congress G. Mission statement? (you may quote mission statement if available; use quotation marks!) “The Manhattan Institute is a think tank whose mission is to develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility.” H. What are the key im/migration issues of concern to this agency? Immigration Policy Reform, Border Security, Citizenship I. As best as you can determine, on what evidence/sources/research/community does this agency base its informational statements issued, press releases, reports, etc.? I determined that bases its information on congress and what Washington decides and give a positive or negative feed back J. Any publications? (what types, sample titles; if online, give links) A magazine called City Journal (http://www.city-journal.org/). This publication talks about quite a few different political issues K. Give at least one citation about this agency from a newspaper article (preferably an Arizona newspaper). Use a citation index to research this e.g., Lexis Nexis, available from the Migration Course Web Page made by the Fletcher Library: http://library.west.asu.edu/subjects/SOC/soc331.html Briefly state what the article is about, and provide a quote from the article that includes the agency’s name and gives a good idea of this agency’s perspective on im/migration. Note: not a quote from agency’s own web site! The article talks about how successful the Manhattan Institute became. “The Manhattan Institute was a speck on the margins of the city's political landscape when it opened in 1978, promoting the un-New Yorkerish notions of free-market economics, conservative values and the dismantling of the welfare state.” (http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_bglobe-conservatives_plant_a_.htm) Written in Boston Sunday Globe on Sunday February 22, 1998 which was titled Conservatives plant a seed in NYC by HARVEY ROBINS L. Any other issues of interest about the agency? Manhattan Institute is a non-profit organization M. Is the agency noticeably pro or con immigration? (You may need to determine this from “reading around” in its position papers, press releases, news reports, etc) They are for immigration reform N. Web site? Give URL |
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