What goes on in city government is in many ways more important to our lives than what happens in Washington. This course goes beyond the structure and theory of municipal government to look at how things really happen at the local...

This seminar will examine theories of justice and their applications in particular areas of public...

This course examines a number of popular approaches to education reform, using an economic lens to understand the impetus and potential impact of...

This course will focus on public health in the developing world from the perspective of the social sciences, drawing on economics, demography, political science and...

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of...

This course will consider the capacity of North American political institutions to shape effective environmental protection policies, devoting primary emphasis to the United States but also examining Canada and...

This course will provide students with a practical hands-on instruction in the analysis of survey data using the statistical package Stata. Students will learn how to investigate a variety of public policy issues using data from the...

This course will examine the higher education sector from several different angles, but with an emphasis placed on the economic...

This course will investigate the various means, both direct and indirect, through which the mass media and public opinion can influence the foreign policy making...

Course will examine the origins of the concept of CSR its meaning and motivations, and the shareholder-stakeholder controversy, where the latter include employees, communities (now defined globally) and, most recently, the global...