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1.00 Credits
Over the past 30 years, the Supreme Court has been called upon to resolve many important and often controversial public policy questions. The 1999-2000 term is no exception. By July of 2000, the Court will decide cases on a diverse set of issues, including the visitation rights of grandparents; the first amendment rights of anti-abortion protesters and students who lead prayers in public schools; the right of the New Jersey Boy Scouts to deny membership to homosexuals; and the status of the landmark 1966 Miranda ruling (the right to remain silent). The purpose of this course is two-fold: (1) to familiarize students with the role of the Supreme Court as policy maker; and (2) to use decisions in the current term, many of which will be handed down during the time our course will meet in June and July, as a means of assessing the scope of the Court's power to shape public policy in areas where there is little political consensus. Readings will include texts and articles on the role of the Supreme Court and several of the cases decided this term. 1.00 units, Seminar
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The Conservative Movement A study of the contemporary conservative movement in American politics. The course examines the history of modern conservatism from its emergence in the 1960s to its triumph in the 1980s. We examine the three main streams of conservative thought in America: economic conservatives, neo-conservative libertarians, and religious conservatives. The course concludes by exploring tensions between these strains of conservatism that have become evident as the GOP tries to hold them together as the most powerful force in contemporary American politics. 1.00 units, Seminar
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This course will explore the educational, political, and legal dimensions of the public policy debate around the issue of affirmative action. Readings will focus on the history and evolution of affirmative action as well as the case law that has shaped the policy, including the current Michigan cases that the Supreme Court will decide this term. 1.00 units, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
Once a graveyard for British and Soviet armed forces, Afghanistan is now a strategic epicenter of terrorism and a 21st-century prize for the United States. This course will examine the policy options facing the Obama administration in its determination to bolster the Afghan government, defeat the resurgent Taliban, and deny al Qaeda terrorists a safe haven. What are the views of the U.S. military command, the Pentagon, the National Security Council, and the State Department How should the United States and its allies assist Afghans to stabilize the country, arrest the rise of Taliban extremists and destroy al Qaeda sanctuaries in the northeast provinces and tribal agencies of Pakistan We will assess the blend of special operations, counterinsurgency, economic development and governance plans and regional diplomacy on the table for this delicate political and military mission. The stakes are high: the emerging regional strategy will define future U.S. policy toward Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan--and American international prestige for years to come. 1.00 units, Seminar
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1.00 Credits
This course introduces students to contemporary gender issues as they have been treated both in the law and in the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. We will explore some of the historical antecedents to contemporary legal gender questions and then examine in detail the following areas of controversy: sex discrimination, affirmative action, family law, reproductive rights, and pornography. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
This course will examine what makes people happy, and whether public policy should try to make people happy. We will examine distinctions between pleasure, happiness, well-being and the good life, and the emerging empirical literature on "positive psychology." We will explore the theories of economic rationality and how they are contradicted by contemporary research on hedonic prediction. We will compare the ways that liberals and free marketers have interpreted happiness research to validate their preferred public policies. We will weigh evidence on the effects of anti-depressants, stimulants and other drugs on individual and social happiness, and the public policy questions about regulating prescription and recreational drugs. We will read about alternatives to utilitarian calculations of quality-of-life or the happiness of populations as outcome measures for public policy, such as Amartya Sen's 'capabilities' approach. 1.00 units, Seminar
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1.00 Credits
Selected topics in special areas are available by arrangement with the instructor and written approval of the director of public policy studies. Contact the Office of Graduate Studies for the special approval form. 1.00 units min / 2.00 units max, Independent Study
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5.00 - 7.00 Credits
This independent study will include a research project conducted for an area non-profit organization dealing with public policy issues. Projects are available in such fields as transportation, education, and community economic development. Students will meet with a professor to develop a reading list appropriate to the project and the student's interests. They will be exposed to theoretical and case-study literature keyed to the field in which they will perform research. During the course, students will participate in group activities, including an orientation to the City of Hartford and independent field research with a minimum of 5-7 hours a week. The course will conclude with development of a report and a presentation. 1.00 units, Independent Study
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1.00 Credits
A research project on a special topic approved by the instructor and with the written approval of the director of public policy studies. Contact the Office of Graduate Studies for the special approval form. One course credit. 1.00 units, Independent Study
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2.00 Credits
Two credit thesis: start time-approval of idea, initial bibliography, and sketch of the project by pre-registration time for graduate students in the term prior to registration for the credit; first draft by reading week of the second semester, "final" first draft by end of spring vacation week; final copy due one week before the last day of classes. 2.00 units, Independent Study
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