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

 


 








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