LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
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I. What Do We Fight About? | ||
1 | Introduction | |
2 | Public vs. Private Problems | |
3 | Policy Goals: Equity, Efficiency (Welfare) | |
4 | Policy Goals: Security, Liberty (Homeland Security) | |
5 | Globalization | Essay 1 due |
6 | Globalization (cont.) | |
II. Problems and Solutions | ||
7 | Ideas and Power in the Policy Process | |
8 | Defining Problems: Symbols, Numbers and Causes | |
9 | Attaching Solutions to Problems: Policy Entrepreneurs and Tipping Points | |
10 | Defining Problems: Interests, Experts, and the Media (Health Care) | |
11 | Devising Solutions: Rules, Facts, Rights, Power, Inducements | |
12 | Social Security | Essay 2 due |
13 | Social Security (cont.) | |
III. The Conventional Approach To Resolving Disputes | ||
14 | Resolving Disputes in Congress (Taxes) | |
15 | Resolving Disputes in Agencies (Endangered Species) | |
16 | Resolving Disputes in Agencies (cont.) | |
17 | Resolving Disputes in Courts (School Desegregation) | |
18 | Resolving Local Disputes (Hazardous Waste) | |
19 | Peer Editing, Essay 3 | |
20 | Adversarial Decision-making Processes | Essay 3 due |
IV. Alternative Approach To Resolving Public Disputes | ||
21 | Direct Democracy: Ballot Initiatives | |
22 | Resolving Disputes Through Deliberation | |
23 | Negotiated Rulemaking | |
24 | Collaboration / Consensus-Building (Wetlands) | |
25 | Peer Editing Essay 4 | |
26 | Collaborative Processes | Essay 4 due |
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