Course schedule for the Interdisciplinary Studies for Liberal Studies Certificate Program, Northwestern University School of Professional Studies - Northwestern School of Professional Studies
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MPPA 407-DL : Scope and Theory of Public Policy
Description
This course is an introduction to the public policy process in
the United States. It focuses on developing an understanding of
what "political" and "public policy" mean and how public policy is
made. The course considers agenda setting, decision making theory
and methods of analyzing policy outcomes. Course materials will
provide students with the analytical framework to explore why some
problems reach the public agenda, why some solutions are adopted
and others rejected, and why some policies appear to succeed while
others appear to fail. It will examine policy making primarily at
the national level but will also look at examples at the state and
local level.
