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4.00 Credits
A study of the foreign relations of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam from the 19th century encounters with Western powers and each other through the late 20th century. An analysis of post-war U.S.-China, Sino-Soviet, U.S.-Japan, divided Korea, revolutionary Vietnam, and other selected international relationships. Offered every other year.
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4.00 Credits
Study of the North-South divide and the challenges it poses for global environmental cooperation. Focus on the politics and processes that underlie environmental negotiation and lawmaking at the U.N., international organizations and selected nation-states, including the problems of implementation and enforcement, sustainable development and the Rio conference. Offered every other year. Cross Listed With: ENVA - 360
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4.00 Credits
The course seeks to answer the question, "Why do bureaucrats behave the way they do " It begins with a general theory in an effort to explain the seemingly mundane to the more dramatic examples of bureaucratic behavior. Students will discover that often there really is a "method" behind the "madness" that is the bureaucracy. Offered every other year.
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4.00 Credits
Unravel the world of public policy--how it is formulated, implemented, changed, evaluated. Emphasis on understanding the role played by the political institutions and on learning about subtle interplay between institutions and the public. Homelessness, punishment, welfare, and illegal drugs are among the issue areas used as case studies. Offered every other year.
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4.00 Credits
Course focuses on problem of homelessness and evaluates homeless public policy, examining how the homeless are defined and counted, exploring the various paths to homelessness and appreciating the impact of race, gender and the globalization of the economy.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the role of state governments in the setting and implementing of public policy. The course will discuss the structural context of state politics, state institutions, and focus on specific policy areas such as education financing, health care, and welfare. Offered every other year.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POLS - 218. Applied Policy Analysis is an opportunity for students to work as part of a research team using the tools of policy analysis to analyze real life problems. Students will participate in all stages of a research project from defining its objectives to reporting on the findings. Offered every other year.
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4.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the processes, participants, and institutions that surround the making and implementing of environmental policy. It combines lectures, case studies, and some "hands on" field exercises to illustrate how these elements interact. Cross Listed With: ENVA - 366
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on how the government has responded to the problem of illicit drugs to illustrate how policy is made in the U.S. It will also examine methods used to evaluate public programs. Topics include how drug policy intersects with issues of crime, sport, race and class, foreign policy and civil liberties. Offered every other year.
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4.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the process of social science research while focusing on issues of demographic incarceration patterns, constitutional "rights of the accused," and the history of punishment in the U.S. from the 17th century to the present. Particular attention given to the "prison-industrial complex" which has emerged with the "crack epidemic" and the "war on drugs" initiated at the national policy level. Offered every other year.
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