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Tag: Mackinac Center; Overton Window; Glenn Beck

Mackinac Center President on Glenn Beck Show Tomorrow

By THE MC Mackinac Center Blog, Section News
Posted on Tue Jun 08, 2010 at 04:37:24 PM EST
Tags: Mackinac Center; Overton Window; Glenn Beck (all tags)

The Mackinac Center's president, Joe Lehman, will be on the Glenn Beck radio show tomorrow morning during the 10:00 hour to discuss the Overton Window. Go here for details and a station list.

Beck named his new book after the Overton Window model of how ideas change politics. The concept was developed by the Mackinac Center's late vice president, Joseph Overton.

Check out our brand new page on the Overton Window for exclusive content and an interactive gadget, and be sure to "like" it on facebook!

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What Is the Overton Window?

By THE MC Mackinac Center Blog, Section Multimedia
Posted on Fri Jun 04, 2010 at 02:09:40 PM EST
Tags: Mackinac Center; Overton Window; Glenn Beck (all tags)

The Mackinac Center's late vice president Joseph Overton observed that when public policies in a given area, such as education, are arranged from freest to least free, only a relatively narrow window of options will be considered politically acceptable. This window of politically acceptable policies is not defined primarily by what politicians would prefer; rather, it is defined by what they believe they can support and still win re-election. Hence, the window shifts to include new policies or exclude old ones not when ideas change among politicians, but when ideas change in the society that elects them.

Go to www.mackinac.org/OvertonWindow to explore the idea and conceptualize shifts in the Overton Window with our interactive gadget!

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