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Class meets Saturdays:
Jan 11*, Feb 1, Feb
22, and March 8,
9 am to 5 pm
Note:
Undergraduate upperclass students are welcome, please contact me for a
signature.
| Course Description Syllabus |
This new MPA Public Policy Concentration course examines how public policy is analyzed, created, implemented, evaluated and held accountable within the current culture, social, economic and political environment. This required foundation course, or elective, acknowledges that there is not a grand theory or design of policy formulation. We will however examine multiple frameworks and tools, building upon theoretical foundations that deconstruct common assumptions.
Through the use of lecture, seminar,
case study, guest speakers and web postings, this intensive course will
encourage dialogue and use web-based communication tools to help students
think critically and actively about vital issues, practice policy applications
and skill building tools and facilitate further research.
| TEXT |
Stone, Deborah A. (1997). Policy
Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making. W. W, Norton
& Co. ISBN: 0393976254. (will be used in seminar the first class!!)
Kingdon, John (1995). Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies (3rd Edition). Addison-Wesley; ISBN: 0321121856.
Clemons, Randall S. and Mark K. McBeth (2000). Public Policy Praxis - Theory and Pragmatism: A Case Approach. Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0130258822.
Fischer, Frank (2000). Citizens, Experts and the Environment: The Politics of Local Knowledge. Duke University Press. ISBN: 0822326221.
McFarlane, Deborah R. and Kenneth J.
Meier (2000). The Politics of Fertility Control: Family
Planning and Abortion Policies in the American States. Chatham
House; ISBN: 1889119393.