2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Dec 21, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

POLI 531 - Public Policy and Administration


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0

This course is a study of public policy processes. It examines what policies governments pursue and also why governments pursue such policies and the consequences of such policies. Several models including rational planning, group competition, political processes, institutional influences, etc., are used to describe and explain public policy. Case studies are also used to illustrate the realities of policy-making and policy implementation.