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I. What Do We Fight About?
1Introduction
2Public vs. Private ProblemsAmazon logo Friedman, Milton. Capitalism and Freedom. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1982, pp. 1-36. ISBN: 0226264017.

Kuttner, Robert. "The Limits of Markets." The American Prospect 31 (March-April 1997).

Amazon logo Stone, Deborah. Policy Paradox. Introduction, and chapter 1. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1997. ISBN: 039396857X.
3Policy Goals: Equity, Efficiency (Welfare)Amazon logo Stone, Deborah. Policy Paradox. Chapters 2, and 3. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1997. ISBN: 039396857X.

Stanfield, Rochelle L. "Between the Cracks." National Journal (October 11, 1997): 2018-2021.

DeParle, Jason. "As Welfare Rolls Shrink, Load on Relatives Grows," New York Times, February 21, 1999.

LoPrest, Pamela. "Long Ride From Welfare to Work," Washington Post, August 30, 1999.

Pear, Robert. "Welfare Spending Shows Huge Shift," New York Times, October 13, 2003.
4Policy Goals: Security, Liberty (Homeland Security)Amazon logo Stone, Deborah. Policy Paradox. Chapters 4, and 5. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1997. ISBN: 039396857X.

Arnone, Michael. "Antiterrorism Law Under Debate Again." Chronicle of Higher Education 23 (June 13, 2003).
5GlobalizationGarten, Jeffrey E. "Business and Foreign Policy." Foreign Affairs 76, no. 3 (1997): 67-79.

Amazon logo Korten, David C. "The Failures of Bretton Woods." In The Case Against the Global Economy. Edited by Jerry Mander, and Edward Goldsmith. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1997, pp. 20-30. ISBN: 0871568659.

Amazon logo Sweeney, John P. "International Trade." In Issues '98: The Candidate's Briefing Book. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 2000. ISBN: 0891950729.

Goklany, Indur. "The Globalization of Human Well-Being." Policy Analysis, no. 447, August 22, 2002. (Cato Institute Web page.)

Mandle, Jay. "The Wrong Enemy." The American Prospect 9, no. 7 (1998).

Kuttner, Robert. "Globalism Bites Back." The American Prospect 9, no. 7 (1998).

Stiglitz, Joseph. "Globalism's Discontents." The American Prospect 13, no. 1 (2002).

Weller, Christian E., and Adam Hersh. "Free Markets and Poverty." The American Prospect 13, no. 1 (2002).

Sen, Amartya. "How to Judge Globalism." The American Prospect 13, no. 1 (2002).

Soros, George. "Toward a Global Open Society," The Atlantic Monthly, January 1998.

Forney, Matt. "Tug-of-War Over Trade." Time 42 (December 22, 2003).

Weidenbaum, Murray. "Surveying the Global Marketplace," USA Today, January 26, 2004.

Crook, Clive. "Why the New Protectionism is Both Wrongheaded and Dangerous." National Journal 36, no. 3 (2004): 148.

Gillespie, Nick. "Poor Man's Hero." Reason 35, 7 (2003): 56.

Hansen, Brian. "Globalization Backlash." CQ Researcher 11, no. 33 (2001).

Cooper, Mary H. "Do Low-Paid Foreign Workers Help or Hurt the Economy?" CQ Researcher 14, no. 7 (2004).
6Globalization (cont.)
II. Problems and Solutions
7Ideas and Power in the Policy ProcessAmazon logo Kingdon, John. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies. New York, NY: Longman, 2003, chapter 4, and 8. ISBN: 0321121856.
8Defining Problems: Symbols, Numbers and CausesAmazon logo Stone, Deborah. Policy Paradox. Chapters 6, 7, and 8. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1997. ISBN: 039396857X.

Amazon logo Kingdon, John. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies. New York, NY: Longman, 2003, chapter 5. ISBN: 0321121856.

Goode, Erica. "How Culture Molds Habits of Thought," New York Times, August 8, 2000.

Lewin, Tamar. "Images of Police Beatings are Subject to Blurring," New York Times, July 15, 2000.
9Attaching Solutions to Problems: Policy Entrepreneurs and Tipping PointsAmazon logo Kingdon, John. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies. New York, NY: Longman, 2003, chapter 6. ISBN: 0321121856.

Gladwell, Malcolm. "The Tipping Point," New Yorker, June 3, 1996.
10Defining Problems: Interests, Experts, and the Media (Health Care)Amazon logo West, Darrell, and Burdett Loomis. The Sound of Money. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1998, chapters 1-4. ISBN: 0393973387.
11Devising Solutions: Rules, Facts, Rights, Power, InducementsAmazon logo Stone, Deborah. Policy Paradox. Chapters 11-15. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1997. ISBN: 039396857X.
12Social SecurityCooper, Mary. "How Should America's Retirement System Be Saved?" CQ Researcher, 2004.

Recent articles and editorials in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Christian Science Monitor (via Lexis-Nexis, Proquest, and other databases).

Calmes, Jackie. "Wall Street Quietly Promotes Overhaul of Social Security," Wall Street Journal, December 3, 1996.

Material from Websites:

The Cato Institute

The Heritage Foundation

Social Security Reform Center

The White House

The Brookings Institution

The Urban Institute

Anrig, Greg. "Social Security: The Next Generation." The American Prospect Online. Nov. 6, 2002.

Dreyfuss, Robert. "The Biggest Deal: Lobbying to Take Social Security Private." The American Prospect 26 (May-June, 1996): 72-75.

Mashaw, Jerry L. and Theodore Marmor, "The Great Social Security Scare." The American Prospect Online. Nov. 1, 1996.

Kuttner, Robert. "Rampant Bull." The American Prospect Online. July 1, 1998.

Quinn, Joseph. "Social Security on the Table." The American Prospect 7, no. 26. (May-June, 1996).

Kay, Stephen J. "The Chile Con." The American Prospepct Online. July 1, 1997.

Diamond, Peter and Peter Orszag. "Social Security: The Right Fix." The American Prospect Online. Sept. 22, 2002.

Peterson, Peter G. "Will American Grow Up Before it Grows Old?" (2-part series). The Atlantic Monthly 277, no. 5 (May, 1996).

Baker, Dean. "Government: Nine Misconceptions About Social Security." The Atlantic Monthly 282, no. 1 (July, 1998).
13Social Security (cont.)
III. The Conventional Approach To Resolving Disputes
14Resolving Disputes in Congress (Taxes)Amazon logo Arnold, R. Douglas. The Logic of Congressional Action. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990, chapters 1, 2, 6, and 8. ISBN: 0300048343.
15Resolving Disputes in Agencies (Endangered Species)Amazon logo Layzer, Judith A. "Jobs vs. the Environment." In The Environmental Case. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2002. ISBN: 1568027265.
16Resolving Disputes in Agencies, Continued
17Resolving Disputes in Courts (School Desegregation)Amazon logo Smith, Christopher. Courts and Public Policy. Chicago, IL: Nelson-Hall Publishers, 1993, chapters 1, 3, and 4. ISBN: 0830412948.

Jost, Kenneth. "School Desegregation." CQ Researcher 14, no. 15 (April 23, 2004).
18Resolving Local Disputes (Hazardous Waste)Amazon logo Wilson, Duff. Fateful Harvest. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001, chapters 6, and 7, pp. 149-225. ISBN: 0060193697.

Amazon logo Layzer, Judith A. "Love Canal." In The Environmental Case. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2002. ISBN: 1568027265.
19Peer Editing, Essay 3
20Adversarial Decision-making Processes
IV. Alternative Approach To Resolving Public Disputes
21Direct Democracy: Ballot InitiativesAmazon logo Bowler, Shaun, et al., eds. Citizens as Legislators. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1998, chapters 1, and 12, pp. 1-21, and 249-273. ISBN: 0814207782

Amazon logo Ellis, Richard J. "A Tale of Two Initiatives." In Democratic Delusions: The Initiative Process in America. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2002, pp. 5-25. ISBN: 0700611568.
22Resolving Disputes Through DeliberationAmazon logo Fearon, James D. "Deliberation as Discussion." In Deliberative Democracy. Edited by John Elster. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1988, pp. 44-68. ISBN: 0521596963.

Amazon logo Mansbridge, Jane. "Using Power/Fighting Power: The Policy." In Democracy and Difference. Edited by Seyla Benhabib. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996, pp. 46-66. ISBN: 0691044783.

Amazon logo Fishkin, James S. "Giving the People Voice." In The Voice of the People. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1995, pp. 134-176. ISBN: 0300072554.
23Negotiated RulemakingWeber, Edward P., and Anne M. Khademian. "From Agitation to Collaboration: Clearing the Air through Negotiation." Public Administration Review 57, no. 5 (1997): 396-410.

Coglianese, Cary. "Assessing Consensus: The Promise and Performance of Regulatory Negotiation." Duke Law Journal 46 (1997): 1255-1349.
24Collaboration / Consensus-Building (Wetlands)Amazon logo Susskind, Lawrence, and Jeffrey Cruikshank. Breaking the Impasse. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1987, pp. 3-34. ISBN: 0465007503.

Amazon logo McKinney, Matthew. "What Do We Mean by Consensus?" In Across the Great Divide. Edited by Philip Brick, et al. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001, pp. 33-41. ISBN: 1559638117.

Amazon logo Innes, Judith E., and Sarah Connick. "San Francisco Estuary Project." In The Consensus Building Handbook. Edited by Lawrence Susskind, et al. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999, pp. 801-827. ISBN: 0761908447.

Amazon logo Coglianese, Cary. "Is Consensus an Appropriate Basis for Regulatory Policy?" In Environmental Contracts. Edited by Eric W. Orts, and Kurt Dekeletaere. Boston, MA: Kluwer Law International, 2001, pp. 93-113. ISBN: 9041198210.
25Peer Editing Essay 4
26Collaborative Processes

 








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