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PUBPOL 766

PUBPOL 766: Issues in U.S. National Security

Melvyn Levitsky

This course concentrates on the foreign policy aspects of U.S. National Security. We will study the Cold War preface to current policy as well as broad issues of substance and process affecting national security...

PUBPOL 750-001

PUBPOL 750-001: Topics: Local Govt Leadership in Times of Change

This is a Special Topics course and the topic may change each term. FALL 2010: Local Government Leadership in Times of Change Study the role of leadership in local government during times of significant...

PUBPOL 717

PUBPOL 717: Social Activism, Democracy, and Globalization from the Perspective of the Global South

Yazier Henry

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...

PUBPOL 686

PUBPOL 686: State and Local Policy Analysis: Focus on Development

Elisabeth Gerber

The purpose of this course is to expose students to various perspectives on state and local policy in the U.S. through the lens of one especially topical policy area: development...

PUBPOL 683

PUBPOL 683: Elections and Campaigns

Gerald Hills

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

PUBPOL 675

PUBPOL 675: Human Rights and International Public Policy

Susan Waltz

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

PUBPOL 580

PUBPOL 580: 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 422

PUBPOL 422: Congress and State Legislatures: Effective or Outmoded?

John Schwarz

Is Congress too partisan? Can Congress fulfill its legislative and oversight functions? Do the executive and judicial branches effectively control public policy formulation? Have the State Legislatures become the true "laboratories of...

PubPol 466

PubPol 466: Topics: The History and Future of Detroit

Detroit was the nation’s most important city in the Twentieth Century because 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...

PubPol 626

PubPol 626: The History and Future of Detroit

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...

PubPol 475.002

PubPol 475.002: Topics: Trade policy as an instrument for economic development

In this course, and largely borrowing on the experience of the professor as Trade Minister in a small, middle-income country, we will discuss the practical links between trade policy and the variety of issues that challenge poor societies in...

PubPol 475.003

PubPol 475.003: 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...

PUBPOL 766

PUBPOL 766: Issues in U.S. National Security

Melvyn Levitsky

PUBPOL 717

PUBPOL 717: Social Activism, Democracy, and Globalization from the Perspective of the Global South

Yazier Henry

PUBPOL 695

PUBPOL 695: Education Policy

David Cohen

This course focuses on three issues that are at the heart of current efforts to reform American...

PUBPOL 683

PUBPOL 683: Elections and Campaigns

Gerald Hills

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

PUBPOL 675

PUBPOL 675: Human Rights and International Public Policy

Susan Waltz

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

PUBPOL 750.001

PUBPOL 750.001: Topics: Local Govt Leadership in Times of Change

This is a Special Topics course and the topic may change each term. FALL 2012: Local Government Leadership in Times of Change Study the role of leadership in local government during times of significant...

PUBPOL 456

PUBPOL 456: Local Government, Opportunity for Activism

John Hieftje

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...

PubPol 495.001

PubPol 495.001: Policy Seminar: Political Advocacy

Richard Hall

A course on the strategy and tactics of governmental outsiders who seek to influence public...

PubPol 510.004

PubPol 510.004: The Politics of Public Policy

Note: PubPol 510 combines and replaces content previously offered in PubPol 585 and 560. PubPol 510 is now the required core politics...

PUBPOL 580.002

PUBPOL 580.002: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

Megan Tompkins-Stange

PubPol 510.003

PubPol 510.003: The Politics of Public Policy

Shobita Parthasarathy

Note: PubPol 510 combines and replaces content previously offered in PubPol 585 and 560. PubPol 510 is now the required core politics...

PubPol 625

PubPol 625: The Legislative Branch: Structure and Current Issues

John Schwarz

This course will deal primarily with the Legislative Branch of Government at both the State and Federal levels. Legislative strategies and the possible outcomes of those strategies will be...

PubPol 510.002

PubPol 510.002: The Politics of Public Policy

Ann Chih Lin

Note: PubPol 510 combines and replaces content previously offered in PubPol 585 and 560. PubPol 510 is now the required core politics...

PUBPOL 580

PUBPOL 580: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

John Chamberlin

PubPol 510.001

PubPol 510.001: The Politics of Public Policy

Richard Hall

Note: PubPol 510 combines and replaces content previously offered in PubPol 585 and 560. PubPol 510 is now the required core politics...

PUBPOL 422

Politics

PUBPOL 766: Issues in U.S. National Security

PUBPOL 750-001: Topics: Local Govt Leadership in Times of Change

PUBPOL 717: Social Activism, Democracy, and Globalization from the Perspective of the Global South

PUBPOL 686: State and Local Policy Analysis: Focus on Development

PUBPOL 683: Elections and Campaigns

PUBPOL 675: Human Rights and International Public Policy

PUBPOL 580: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

PUBPOL 422: Congress and State Legislatures: Effective or Outmoded?

PubPol 466: Topics: The History and Future of Detroit

PubPol 626: The History and Future of Detroit

PubPol 475.002: Topics: Trade policy as an instrument for economic development

PubPol 475.003: Topics: The History and Future of Detroit

PUBPOL 766: Issues in U.S. National Security

PUBPOL 717: Social Activism, Democracy, and Globalization from the Perspective of the Global South

PUBPOL 695: Education Policy

PUBPOL 683: Elections and Campaigns

PUBPOL 675: Human Rights and International Public Policy

PUBPOL 750.001: Topics: Local Govt Leadership in Times of Change

PUBPOL 456: Local Government, Opportunity for Activism

PubPol 495.001: Policy Seminar: Political Advocacy

PubPol 510.004: The Politics of Public Policy

PUBPOL 580.002: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

PubPol 510.003: The Politics of Public Policy

PubPol 625: The Legislative Branch: Structure and Current Issues

PubPol 510.002: The Politics of Public Policy

PUBPOL 580: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

PubPol 510.001: The Politics of Public Policy

PUBPOL 422: Congress and State Legislatures: Effective or Outmoded?

PubPol 780.002: Topics in Policymaking: Trade agreements and negotiations as a policy instrument

Post-election analysis with U-M expert panel