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Leading Cities: An Interview with members and resident The Goldsmith Awards Mayors Greg Nickels and Manny Diaz Fellows pursue research in a honor distinguished work by Jeb Breiding and Torren J. Blair wide range of areas. Recent in journalism. The program research investigates nonprofit includes a prize for investigative journalism, coverage of health care and social welfare reporting, two book prizes, a climate change and exit polls. career award and fellowships. media and technology governance www.shorensteincenter.org security challenges Individuals: $10 Institutions: $40 You can subscribe online at: www.hks.harvard.edu/ksr Or you can make a check payable to “Harvard University” and send it to: Harvard Kennedy School Review John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: (617) 496-8355 Fax: (617) 384-9555 E-mail: [email protected] harvard kennedy school review | volume 10 | 2009–2010 iii Harvard Kennedy scHool review Editor-in-Chief Melinda Kuritzky Executive Managing Editor Executive Content Editor Matt Homer Anna York Director: Design and Layout Leah Stern Director: Finance and Development Director: Circulation and Publicity John Council Sarah Milby Senior Editors: International Policy Senior Editor: Domestic Policy David Bluestone and Hummy Song Evan Simpson Senior Editors: Feature Senior Editor: Variety Content Sam Downing and Carolyn McGourty Patrice Kunesh At-Large Editors Ramtin Amin Kelsey Larsen Justin Barra Jesse Lava Dan Berwick Michelle Newell Torren Blair Leah Stern V-Khye Fan Michele Stillwell-Parvensky Alexandra Fielden Rebecca Strauss Many thanks to our funders, including: THE JOAN SHORENSTEIN CENTER FOR PRESS, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY THE KENNEDY SCHOOL STUDENT GOVERNMENT THE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM THE TAUBMAN CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT THE RAPPAPORT INSTITUTE FOR GREATER BOSTON THE MALCOLM WIENER CENTER FOR SOCIAL POLICY THE MOSSAVAR-RAHMANI CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT iv harvard kennedy school review | volume 10 | 2009–2010 v csontent 1 Editors’ Foreword HealtH care and social welfare 4 An American Dream: The Broken Iraqi Refugee Resettlement Program and How to Fix It by daniel Masterson 8 Coverage Is Not Enough: Health Care Reform through the Lens of the Mississippi Delta by the community development Project 12 Mental Redemption: How Transitional Services Win the Fight Against Crime by edith coakley 16 Getting Welfare to Work When Times Get Tough by Katya Melkote 20 A Lingering Pest: Malaria in Africa by elana safran 25 It Pays to Provide Health Care: A Case for Including Undocumented Immigrants by Megha Garg 29 BooK review: Health Care Reform for $11: A Review of Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual by Jeb Breiding Media and tecHnoloGy 34 Double Vision: Al Jazeera English at Odds with the American Media by Paige austin 40 Cyberspace in Deep Water: Protecting the Arteries of the Internet by Michael sechrist 45 Of Sunlight and Sausages by Julia Kamin 51 A Delicate Dance: How the Arts Can Improve U.S.- Cuban Relations by Jeanette cajide vi contents UnliKely leaders 54 Introduction: Unlikely Leaders in Perspective by roderick M. Kramer, visiting Professor of Public Policy at the John f. Kennedy school of Government at Harvard University and william r. Kimball Professor of organizational Behavior at the stanford Business school 56 USS Green: How the American Military Is Lighting a New Energy Frontier to Combat Costs by carolyn McGourty 60 Going for Gold: How the London Olympics Will Set the Record for Sustainability by Ben supple 64 The Empire Strikes Back: Social Media Uprisings and the Future of Cyber Activism by ramtin amin 67 Asking the Right Questions: An Experiment in Health Care Leadership in Haiti by taylor chapman 72 Leading Cities: An Interview with Mayors Greg Nickels and Manny Diaz by Jeb Breiding and torren J. Blair 75 Ramping Up Rights for the Disabled in Russia by Maria snegovaya 78 OP-ed: Why Women, Why Now? by Heather Milkiewicz Governance 82 Teaching an Old Government New Tricks by andrew nipe 87 Fighting Patronage with People Power by Zara snapp 92 Financial Crisis 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Structured Finance, the Financial Crisis, and Capital Market Regulation by william werkmeister harvard kennedy school review | volume 10 | 2009–2010 vii contents 99 Change They Don’t Believe In: The Political Presence of the Basij in the Islamic Republic of Iran by azadeh Pourzand

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