This is a core course restricted to Ford and STPP students only. Registration is by permission only.
This section of 510 focuses on political strategy and policy processes at the national level, in comparative perspective. Students learn how national and regional contexts shape governing institutions, political cultures, stakeholders, and strategies, and develop tools to inform and influence policymaking given these differences. We will draw mostly from cases in technology, health, and environmental policy. Overall, the course trains students: a) to analyze critically and in-depth the political dimensions of pressing policy issues; b) to engage in issue advocacy from social movement mobilization to lobbying; c) to develop a nuanced understanding of different, including opposing, interests in the policy process; d) to understand the policymaking environments of the United States in comparative perspective to countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa; e) to work in teams; and f) to improve written and communication skills for the policy environment.
