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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 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 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 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 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 780.002

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

International trade policy can influence a country´s economic performance. Many countries have entered agreements, legally binding and more enforceable than other international law, by which they reciprocally commit their trade policies…and...

PUBPOL 456

PUBPOL 456: Local Government, Opportunity for Activism

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 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 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 756

PUBPOL 756: Local Government, Opportunity for Activism

PUBPOL 580.002

PUBPOL 580.002: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

Megan Tompkins-Stange

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 650

PUBPOL 650: Introduction to Science and Technology Policy Analysis

Shobita Parthasarathy

As it exposes students to the landscape of science and technology policymaking in the US and abroad, this course introduces theories and methodologies for science and technology policy analysis, with literature drawn from a range of disciplines,...

PUBPOL 456

PUBPOL 456: Local Government, Opportunity for Activism

PubPol 716-002

PubPol 716-002: Introduction to Chinese Policy Tour

In the second portion of the course, Ford School students will travel to Beijing, China for 12 days (depart May 1, 2011, return May 13, 2011) to learn more about China through meetings with business and government leaders, sessions with Renmin...

PUBPOL 732

PUBPOL 732: Public Policy in Post-Secondary Education

In the first part of the course you will be introduced to some of the analytic frameworks and conceptual theories used to study American public policy making and you will learn how these models were applied to a classic public policy...

PubPol 625

PubPol 625: The Legislative Branch: Structure and Current Issues

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 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 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 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 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

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

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 320

PUBPOL 320: Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Policy

This course prepares students to understand the political and institutional environmental within which public policy is formulated and...

PUBPOL 201

PUBPOL 201: Systematic Thinking About The Problems of the Day

Paul Courant

The main idea that we want to get across is implicit in the title: Systematic thinking - largely from the social sciences, but with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more generally - can make a significant difference in the way...

PUBPOL 768

PubPol 624

PubPol 624: Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy

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...

Politics

PUBPOL 766: Issues in U.S. National Security

PubPol 475.003: Topics: The History and Future of Detroit

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

PubPol 626: The History and Future of Detroit

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

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

PUBPOL 456: Local Government, Opportunity for Activism

PUBPOL 695: Education Policy

PubPol 495.001: Policy Seminar: Political Advocacy

PUBPOL 756: Local Government, Opportunity for Activism

PUBPOL 580.002: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

PUBPOL 650: Introduction to Science and Technology Policy Analysis

PUBPOL 456: Local Government, Opportunity for Activism

PubPol 716-002: Introduction to Chinese Policy Tour

PUBPOL 732: Public Policy in Post-Secondary Education

PubPol 625: The Legislative Branch: Structure and Current Issues

PUBPOL 683: Elections and Campaigns

PUBPOL 675: Human Rights and International Public Policy

PubPol 510.004: The Politics of Public Policy

PubPol 510.003: The Politics of Public Policy

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 320: Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Policy

PUBPOL 201: Systematic Thinking About The Problems of the Day

PUBPOL 768: Efforts at Health Care Reform in the US

PubPol 750.002&750.003: Topics: Detroit Policy Workshop

PUBPOL 673: International Security Affairs

PubPol 624: Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy