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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examines selected topics in reproductive health, with primary emphasis on contemporary domestic issues in the United States--such as unintended pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infection--but within the context of the international agenda on reproductive rights established in the 1994 Cairo international Conference on Population and development.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An examination of the Current Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), which is intended to identify policy priorities for the State Department & USAID and potential organizational changes necessary to address these challenges, and the USIP and U.S. Army Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI), which have produced a framework that identifies 'end states' which are required to achieve transition to security, good governance & economic prosperity.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An introduction to the policies and practices associated with conducting elections in fragile states and develop an understanding of their impacts on electoral outcomes. In fragile political and security environments, electoral policy and practice take on an enhanced importance because of the consequences of state failure which could result from a flawed election. Focuses on: Role of International Community; Election Management Bodies; Electoral & Party Systems; Marginalized Electorates ¿ Victims and Spoilers; Electoral Conflict, Security, & Justice; Electoral Observation & Evaluation.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Course aims to improve students' abilities to understand and critically evaluate public opinion polls and surveys, particularly as they are used to influence public policy. Course begins with an overview of contrasting perspectives on the role of public opinion in politics, then examines the evolution of public opinion polling in the US and other countries. Class visits a major polling operation to get a firsthand look at procedures used for designing representative samples and conducting surveys by telephone, mail and Internet.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course addresses the development challenges facing financial service providers, funders, and government policy makers seeking to expand access in sustainable ways. It will provide participants with an overview of the field, current controversies, and analytic frameworks and skills for assessing the roles of different stakeholders.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Publication of the Human Security Report in 2005 marks the emergence of human security as a more formal operational policy framework, but it remains an essentially contested concept. Course explores the ethical, analytical, policy, and operational dimensions of several approaches to human security. Particular areas of focus include: the "responsibility to protect," HIV/AIDS, and failed states. Requirements include: the presentation of the readings for one session, participation in a formal debate, and a 12-15 page paper.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An overview of the epidemiologic transition, reviewing historic and current health patterns, and examines the demographic forces that have led to rapid aging of populations worldwide. After consideration of how researchers measure health status in older populations, the course examines inequalities in health by gender, race and socioeconomic status. The final part of the course considers the potential impact of threats to future improvements in life expectancy and focuses on the social, health and economic consequences of societal aging, primarily in high-income countries.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course will cover how the Federal budget process is supposed to work and how it actually does work. Topics will include: (1) institutions, processes, and definitions; (2) history of budget outcomes; (3) the current state of the Federal budget process; (4) the role of uncertainty in budgeting; (4) the role of politics in budgeting; and (5) the budget's short- and long-term fiscal consequences.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examines budgeting and finance at the state and local level of government. Topics include: budget structure and process; decision makers within the political and economic environment; debt, capital planning and bond financing; revenue structures supporting expenditures. Tax policy and associated tradeoffs between tax equity and efficiency and spending and program needs are also examined. Two case studies are utilized---one related to state and local tax policy and one related to budgetary decision-making.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the basic tools of game theory. In particular we will study solution concepts such as Nash Equilibrium, Subgame Perfect Equilibrium, and Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium. To illustrate the analytic value of these tools we will cover a number of applications including electoral competition, public good provision, market failures and reputation formation.
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