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2.00 Credits
No Course Description Available. 2.00 units, Independent Study
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1.00 Credits
The Rehnquist Court is the frequent target of both stinging criticism and high praise. This seminar will focus on the Rehnquist Court and constitutional interpretation, a topic of great interest to legal and public policy scholars. In the first part of the course we will familiarize ourselves with current controversies about the meaning judicial review and whether the Supreme Court is-or should be--the most authoritative interpreter of the Constitution. We will pay special attention to the Rehnquist Court's approach to these questions. In the second part of the course we will apply our understanding of current constitutional interpretation to areas of jurisprudence in which the Rehnquist Court has been particularly active and which involve issues of religion, morality, and personal autonomy. 1.00 units, Seminar
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1.00 Credits
Implementation, sometimes called the hidden chapter in public policy, will be explored primarily using case studies describing the practical realities of what happens after a statute is passed, a regulation is issued, a court decision is handed down, or a public or nonprofit agency decides on a course of action. The cases will be drawn primarily from areas such as education, health care, children's issues, housing and economic development, and civil rights. They will include several examples from the Hartford area and around the country in which the professor and/or guest speakers have participated. Class discussions and related exercises will emphasize students' ability to frame the salient policy and implementation challenges, identify the strengths and weaknesses of potential solutions, and present and defend their recommendations to decision makers (e.g., legislators, agency officials, and judges). Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
This course will examine the role of social science research in defining "environmental racism" and "environmental justice," reshaping the environmental movement, and influence public policy. Published in 1987, the first national study of the demographic patterns associated with the location of hazardous waste sites inspired the formation of local advocacy groups and legal challenges to prevailing practices. The methodology, data, and application of this study will be examined for its role and use in these efforts, in other research projects, and in subsequent policy-making development, such as President's Clinton's Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994. Finally, comparisons with and links to international and global policies concerning environmental justice will be discussed. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
This course is intended to empower students to evaluate common forms of research critically, and to give them some experience in conducting research. Through a series of weekly assignments and class projects, students will be introduced to the shaping of research questions; hypothesis testing, writing a research paper, conducting interviews and surveys, giving a professional presentation, and presenting simple tabular data to prove a point. The course does not require an extensive mathematics background. Regular attendance and access to a computer, e-mail, and the Web are expected. 1.00 units, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
This introductory course in political institutions and the process of making public policy in the United States should be taken as one of the first two courses in the graduate program. The class will concern itself with the role of Congress, the executive, and the judicial branches of government in the origination of policy ideas, the formulation of policy problems, and the setting of the public agenda, the making of political choices, the production of policy statutes and rules, and the affects of final government action on citizens. Special focus will be placed on the cooperation and conflicts between these traditional institutions of government and the agents of American pluralism: political parties and interest groups. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
This course will examine the history, methods, and types of successful, formal, written argumentation in policy advocacy. Among the arenas explored will be courts of law, legislative bodies, and the broader field of public opinion. Most course material will be drawn from case studies. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
Policies towards psychoactive substances produce enormous consequences for society. Drug policies also reflect a society's approach to pleasure, freedom, work, cultural minorities and medicine. In this course we will begin with an examination of drug policy in historical and cross-cultural perspectives, and then focus on the American experience. We will review the panoply of psychoactive drugs, and the various laws and agencies enacted to control them. We will discuss the history of the War on Drugs since the 1960's, its consequences in the criminal justice system and US foreign policy, and potential alternatives. We will review research on the nature of addiction and the efficacy of drug treatment, and the approaches to harm reduction being explored in Europe. Finally we will explore the DARE program and the campaigns against drunk driving and for medical marijuana. Students will be asked to write and present a set of research papers on these topics. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
How are individual preferences fashioned into a group's single social choice; and what are the natural and man-made obstacles to a fair and just result Does the majority "rule," in spite of insincere voting, bogus amendments, fixed agendas, and the intransitivity of society Can cumulative voting thwart the tyranny of the majority Why are the group's "new members" problematic and can their "quarreling" be quelled Are the measured powers of the President and Congress "separate but equal " What can possibly be left after Arrow's Impossibility Theorem After all is said and done, is a dictatorship so bad 1.00 units, Seminar
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3.00 Credits
Community development policy and practice will be examined in historical perspective and current application. Topics will include: economic development, housing, social services, infrastructures, and community research and planning. 1.00 units, Lecture
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