Course Subject
UPADM-GP
Course Number
120
Course Credit
4
This course examines tensions among competing values in the formation and implementation of public policies. Applying normative theories of democracy, justice, efficiency, and equity, students will examine a variety of domestic and international cases in which these ideals conflict and become objects of politics. Our objectives are (1) to understand the important trade-offs that underlie and shape public policies in a variety of settings and (2) to develop a framework for evaluating public policies against a set of normative criteria. The course should prove valuable for any student interested in a better understanding of why "good" policies are so elusive in a variety of institutional contexts.