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Provides an overview of (1) the historical growth and economic position of cities as centers of industry or commercial and bureaucratic control; (2) internal differentiation within cities; (3) the experience of urban life at different socioeconomic levels. Fall
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This course is an introduction to policy-making in public and nonprofit organizations. Students learn the major elements of the policy-making process: defining problems, developing alternative policies, evaluating alternatives, policy implementation, and evaluating policy outcomes. The focus is on policy-making at the local and state level. Substantive policy areas covered in the course include: welfare, urban economic development, environmental and land use policy, housing policy, and health policy. The course is intended to provide the theoretical and analytical basis for a series of proposed courses in each of these areas.
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This course introduces students to the range of methodological approaches used in urban-related research. These include macroscopic analysis, demography, survey research, historical research, participant observation, community studies, institutional analysis, policy analysis, and evaluation research. Emphasis is placed on the development of critical skills in reading, interpreting, and analyzing social science research, whether this research is encountered in textbooks and lectures, in professional journals, or in the popular media.Spring
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The course will deal with the modern criminal justice system as it has developed through time in cities. Special attention will be given to the urban problems that led to the creation and evolution of the professional police, criminal courts, and penal institutions. Emphasis will be placed on the specifically urban influences (demographic, geographic, political, economic, and social) that originally shaped and continue to mold the criminal justice system.
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This course is devoted to the study of management in local and state government and the nonprofit sector. Defining the unique characteristics of public management is one of the goals of the course. Another is to provide an understanding of what government and nonprofit managers actually do. Finally, the course is intended to develop skills that are essential to effective public management. The course relies heavily on the case method approach, which is intended to simulate the world of actual managers and the processes of management decision-making.
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This course is devoted to the study of management in local and state government and the nonprofit sector. Defining the unique characteristics of public management is one of the goals of the course. Another is to provide an understanding of what government and nonprofit managers actually do. Finally, the course is intended to develop skills that are essential to effective public management. The course relies heavily on the case method approach, which is intended to simulate the world of actual managers and the processes of management decision-making.
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This course will focus on strategies and methods for evaluating policies and programs of government agencies and nonprofit social service organizations. It covers the major elements of evaluation research, including evaluation goal setting, outcome measures, research design, policy significance, and the politics of evaluation. Students will review and analyze evaluation research studies drawn from several public policy areas including education, public assistance, health services, criminal justice, housing, and employment training. No formal prerequisite; URBST 725 recommended.¿¿
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