Resolving Public Disputes

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
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