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Comparative Policies: Analyzing Policy Making Around the Globe
Who determines how public policy is made? Do public policies reflect what voters want, or do lobbyists, politicians, and bureaucrats really make the decisions? What factors motivate these different actors?
This course examines public policy from the perspective of comparative politics. Over the course of the semester, we will examine policy making in the US and a number of industrialized countries in Western Europe and Japan. Topics studied include immigration policy, education policy, and family policy.
Enrollment limited to 20 first year students. FYS WRIT
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- Pennock
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Social Welfare Policy in the United States
Exposes students to the key challenges for social welfare policy-making in the United States. Particular attention will be given to the formulation and administration of prominent welfare, health, and education policies. Course materials also will explore how demographic and economic trends affect the implementation of social welfare policies. Instructor permission required. WRIT
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Urban Revitalization: Lessons from the Providence Plan
Explores policy issues facing cities today and examines how the public, private, and nonprofit sectors have mobilized in selected cities to address these issues. Topics include jobs and economic development, education, public safety, and regional approaches. Focuses on The Providence Plan, a joint city-state revitalization initiative designed to address the problems of urban poverty. Comparisons with similar programs in other cities.
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- McGuigan
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Policies Affecting Working Families
Examines sociological and economic factors and current policies contributing to conflict between caring and earning which affects working families in the U.S. Investigates dynamic landscape of the American family and costs of providing and caring for family members. Considers government's and employers' roles in shaping policies, cross-national comparison of American policies with other leading nations, and links between policies and outcomes. Enrollment limited to 20.
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Good Government
An applied ethics course specifically for students with backgrounds in Public Policy, it will emphasize the primary themes of good government: openness, deliberation, and integrity. Students will develop an essay on good government and do research for case studies of ethical dilemmas involving public servants. Prerequisite: PPAI 0100 (or equivalent). Instructor permission required.
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Nonprofit Organizations
Contemporary nonprofits and their role in community building and shaping public policy are central to this course. Topics include how strong coalitions impact housing, welfare and children's policy, organizing empowered communities, the influential and engaged donor and building the value of nonprofits. Case studies will be featured and new nonprofit models will be conceptualized to strategically address critical human need. Enrollment limited to 20 juniors, seniors, and graduate students concentrating in Public Policy.
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Crisis Management
Introduces future policymakers to the multifaceted decision-making process in which governments, businesses, advocacy organizations, and the public are thrust into the throes of a policy crisis. Various crisis management theories, key stakeholders in a crisis situation, and the positive and negative effects of various strategies are analyzed. Enrollment limited to 20 junior and senior concentrators in Public Policy.
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- Preston
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State and Local Government
Examines state and local politics and government in the United States. The first part of the course examines the historical underpinning and division of power of the major political actors, institutions, and processes through both institutionalist perspectives. The second part focuses on the role of states in shaping significant policy areas including civil unions, education, healthcare, welfare, and the environment.
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Aging and Public Policy: The Impact of an Aging Society on Public and Private Sector Organizations
A "silver tsunami" is coming. Soon 20% of US residents will be over the age of 65. Governmental policy makers and business leaders are scrambling to adapt as the aging population reshapes the demand for services and products and threatens to unravel the social safety net. This course will investigate the aging wave, analyze its impact on both private and public organizations through case study review, and consider implications for future management and policy. Emphasis will be on "social entrepreneurship" - practical solutions and their implementation within organizations. Enrollment limited to 20, preference given to graduate students, public policy concentrators, and seniors.
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- Gresham
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Juvenile Justice Institutions and Policy
Examines the historical and legal development of the juvenile justice system and provides an overview of delinquency theory. These frameworks are used to study the major institutions and current policy issues in the juvenile justice system. Special topics include teen and family courts, age of jurisdiction, racial disparities in juvenile justice, and female delinquency. Students engage in a semester-long project to develop a policy brief addressing a current issue in juvenile justice. Enrollment limited to 20 juniors and seniors. Instructor permission required. WRIT
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Independent Reading and Research
Supervised reading or research. Specific program arranged in terms of the student's individual needs and interests. Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
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- Cooley
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- Moffitt
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- Augusto
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- Brettschneider
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- Cheit
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- Judge
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- Cooley
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- Allen
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Public Policy Colloquium
An advanced two-semester research seminar for senior honors candidates in the public policy and American institutions concentration. Participants jointly consider strategies appropriate to researching and writing a senior paper before proceeding to individual research on topics they choose. Each participant is required to present a summary of his or her work to the colloquium.
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Institutions and Policy Making
Studies how political, social, and economic institutions structure policymaking. Covers a variety of policy areas such as education, health care, technology policy, welfare, and social policy.
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- Moffitt
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Economics and Public Policy
Examines issues in government spending and tax policy. Conceptual topics include the normative assignment of responsibility with federal systems and the equitable distribution of income. Specific policy applications are covered.
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Public Budgeting and Management
Explores how organizations use budgets and management tools to achieve broader social, economic, and political objectives. It is designed to show how these techniques can be used to improve organizational performance.
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Statistics
Covers social and economic statistics and their role in public policy research. Among the topics explored are descriptive and inferential statistics, measurement, sampling, and multivariate analysis. Open to graduate students in Public Policy or Political Science.
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- Pennock
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Managing and Leading in Public Affairs
Examines issues related to leading and managing in the realm of public affairs, covering foundation topics such as: honor, ethics, and accountability; management and organizational theory; organizational behavior; managerialism, performance, and strategic management; leadership; personnel management and social equity. Examining tools for effective relationship and networking building, cases will be used to apply concepts learned.
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- Slattery-Bownds
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Social Science Data Technologies
Covers the applied use of data sources and computer software programs. Its goals are to teach students how to use common software packages and access policy-relevant data.
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Congress and the Federal Budget: Procedure, Politics and Public Policy
Focus is on the federal budget process, political interactions, and public policy outcomes. The budget represents nearly one-quarter of GDP making those decisions central to the functioning of our democracy and the health of our economy. Emphasis is on the Congressional budget process, appropriations process, and revenue decision-making because the Constitution establishes Congress as the guardian of the nation's purse strings.
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- Arenberg
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Mediation, Negotiation, and Arbitration Strategies
This graduate-level seminar is a synthesis of negotiation, arbitration, and mediation theories and practices as applied to public policy professionals. Course topics include interagency negotiation and cooperation, professional and workplace negotiations, agreements in legislative and advocacy environments, using non-governmental bargaining partners, role of government regulators, and international and cross-cultural agreements. Emphasis on analysis of ethical issues and strategies in the planning, formulation, and implementation of negotiated agreements. Enrollment limited to 16. Instructor permission required.
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Internship
Practical job experience in the public, private, or non-profit sector.
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Research Workshop
Group research projects centering on topics organized by the instructor. Students will be organized into small teams that will undertake research projects such as policy analysis, evaluation studies, organizational assessments, or data projects. Results of these projects will be presented in the seminar.
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Graduate Independent Study
Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
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- Filindra
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