Foundations
of Public Policy
Winter 2006
Wednesday
6-10 pm, SemII
B2107
4
credits
|
Joan Bantz |
Office: LAB I, 3011 |
e-mail: bantzj@evergreen.edu |
|
Phone: 360-867-5095 |
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Undergraduates must have junior standing or above. Regularly enrolled graduate students have preference. CRN : 20257 (GR); 20258 (UG)
This course acknowledges there is not a grand theory or design of policy formulation. Building on theoretical foundations that deconstruct common assumptions, we will examine how public policy is imagined, created, implemented and evaluated through exploring various policy arenas. Encouraging dialogue and web-based communication tools we will explore how public policy is analyzed and held accountable within the current cultural, social, economic and political environment. We will examine the roles of public administrators and public administration in the policy process and deconstruct/deterritorialize common assumptions and theories about politics and policy in order to reconstruct policy perspectives that are just, equitable, and democratic.
Text: 
Clemons,
Randall S.
and Mark K. McBeth (2000). Public Policy Praxis - Theory and
Pragmatism: A Case Approach. Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0130258822.
Heineman,
Robert A., et. la. (2002).
The World of the Policy Analyst,
Chatham House Publishers, London;
ISBN: 1-889119-35-0
Hajer, Maarten A. (Editor), Hendrik Wagenaar (Editor), Robert E. Goodin
et. la. (2003). Deliberative Policy
Analysis: Understanding Governance in the Network Society (Theories of
Institutional Design) (Paperback).
Cambridge University Press. ISBN:
0-5215-3070-9.
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