No metropolis played a greater role in shaping the Twentieth Century world than did Detroit. This course focuses upon the history and future of Detroit emphasizing the private and governmental policies that now seek to revitalize the...

This course serves as an introduction to qualitative methods for MPP/MPA students.  While we will examine a range of qualitative methodological approaches, the course's core focus will be on the case study method, with special emphasis on...

This introduction to program evaluation and multiple regression analysis trains students to critically consume empirical studies and conduct their own empirical...

This course reviews the international political and legal framework established over the past fifty years to protect human...

This course examines the interaction of politics and policymaking at the state...

There is no policy without victory. More precisely, well-planned and well-executed political campaigns win elections and make governing...

This course would explore related and sometimes competing legal and policy frameworks for the development and dissemination of ideas and expression in the Information...

Budgeting and financial planning impact nearly all aspects of organizational life in the public service...

How are the inherent and intersecting relations of power including inherent structures of dominance related to the experience of violence, oppression and resistance textured into the context of politics and policy...

The goal of this course is to enhance the students' ability to bring about the individual and organizational changes they want to...