Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  > Inside Yale  Yale News "A Seat at the Table" was sponsored by the Roosevelt Institution and hosted by Yale University on October 6-7, 2006. Photo by Nick Bradley. Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "Do what you feel in your heart to be right -- for you'll be criticized anyway." — Eleanor Roosevelt    Social Contract > Roosevelt Home > Yale > Social Contract Your name: Your email: Recipient's name: Recipient's email: Message: To prevent spam, please enter the first letter of the recipient's email and the first letter of the recipient's name in the box below (for example, if the name is "John Doe" and the email is "bigjohn@johndoe.com", you would enter "jb"): AMERICA’S SOCIAL CONTRACT: MAKING AMERICA WORK  FOR WORKING FAMILIES From Hobbes onward, political philosophers have striven to define the obligations of a government to its people, and vice versa. At this conference, we aim to take this debate out of the realm of the theoretical, and apply it to real questions relating to social policy in the United States. Through the discussion of student policy proposals, conference participants will probe the question of how American government on the local, state, and federal level can better reflect the needs and interest of the people. Through showcasing student work on contemporary policy issues and providing a forum that encourages students to reflect critically on their work and that of their peers, we encourage a broader debate on these issues among students, faculty, and policymakers. Program of Events 1:00-1:30 Introductory Address David Merchant, Executive Director of the Policy Studies Organization Break out sessions with policy presentations: 1:30 - 2:45 Session 1: Holistic  Approach to Community Well-Being Session 2: Public Health Care Infrastructure and the Family 2:45 - 4:00             Session 3: Economics of Health Insurance             Session 4: Environmentalism: Obligations to Future Generations 4:00 - 4:45 Keynote Speaker: Jacob Hacker, Professor of Political Science, Yale University 4:45 - 5:00 Awarding of Prize 5:00 - 5:30 Reception Please indicate your interest in attending the conference here. Yale chapter members, please RSVP here.   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359