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show bio Brian Brown
Brian Brown is a Research Fellow at the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation, where he focuses on the interplay between public administration and civil society. He has written numerous articles and op-eds on public service, the decline of citizenship, progressivism, and American political thought, which have been published by The Heritage Foundation and by various major newspapers across the country. Mr. Brown was a 2007-2008 Fellow at the John Jay Institute for Faith, Society, and Law, and he received his B.A. in Political Theory from Princeton University.
Public Service that Works
Date: 3/30/2009
A leading conservative scholar at The Heritage Foundation, Brian Brown has written extensively about the need for a shift in America’s attitude toward selfless service over individual greed. Here, he gives a lecture entitled, "Human-Sized Public Service: A Vision for Programs that Actually Work." He calls for increased public involvement at the local level and emphasizes the importance of community in any type of public service.
