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PUBPOL 687

PUBPOL 687: Negotiations

This course examines negotiation and social influence strategies for policy makers in the public, non-profit, and for-profit...
PubPol 716.001

PubPol 716.001: Introduction to Chinese Policy

Ann Chih Lin
This first portion of the course, held in Ann Arbor, will introduce students to China and its policy and economic environments. Drawing on the expertise of Ford School faculty and outside guests, each class will focus on a different policy...
PUBPOL 746

PUBPOL 746: Social Welfare Policy

During the twentieth century, the U.S. both saw the development of a social welfare system to serve nonelderly families and a subsequent dramatic overhaul of the cash welfare part of that...
PubPol 750.005

PubPol 750.005: Topics: The Politics of Identity

Mara Ostfeld
Race, gender, religion, sexuality and other social identities permeate the development and administration of American public policy. These identities are just as powerful of a tool in efforts to reduce social and economic disparities...
PUBPOL 750.008

PUBPOL 750.008: Health Disparity

In this interactive seminar, we will critically examine health disparities within various groups by race, socio-economic status, gender, sex, immigration and incarceration status, including the health consequences of incarceration and health...
PUBPOL 587-003

PUBPOL 587-002: Public Management

Barry Rabe
All three sections of 587 in Winter Term 2015 will continue to emphasize common themes such as performance management, strategic planning, and inter-institutional network...
PUBPOL 578

PUBPOL 578: Applied Policy Seminar

Elisabeth Gerber
The Applied Policy Seminar (APS) (now called Strategic Public Policy Consulting or SPPC) is an opportunity for students to conduct a faculty-supervised consulting project for a public, private, or non-profit sector policy organization at the...
PUBPOL 580.001

PUBPOL 580.001: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...
PUBPOL 778

PUBPOL 778: Project Skills Workshop

Elisabeth Gerber
This is a professional skills workshop that will be required for students enrolled in the Applied Policy Seminar (APS, PP578) and open to other MPP/ Master’s student. To be offered each semester, concurrent with the...
PubPol 466

PubPol 466: Topics: The History and Future of Detroit

Detroit was the nation’s most important city in the Twentieth Century because of the the auto industry, the emergence of the blue collar middle class and development of the New Deal. Now it is the most negatively stereotyped city in the...