ADS720: Process, Politics, and Evaluation of Public and Social Policy
Assignments completed in ADS720 fulfilled PhD standards five and six. Below you will find links to a reflection focused on a documentary about the rise of misinformation and a policy analysis discussing welfare capitalism, policy learning, and punctuated equilibrium in relation to the Pell Grant Program.
Course Description
This course will provide candidates with an opportunity to reflect on both public and social policies from economic, social and political theories and perspectives. Candidates will study current issues including: discrimination in hiring and housing, funding of public and private organizations, labor negotiations, personal health, clean environment and insurance concerns. They will analyze several decision-making models in use on the federal, state, and local levels. Of special concern is the role that politics plays in the development and implementation of policy.