POSC 560 - Comparative Public Policy

• Examination of the various theoretical approaches towards public policy; identification of policy concepts common to nations of the world.
• Compare and contrast the various constituencies, ideas, knowledge, political forces affecting public policy in different political systems.
• Recognize, through the comparative method, how different political and governmental structures affect each of the stages of the policy process.
• Critique and analyze policy development and implementation from a variety of selected countries.
• Identify the difficult points in the development and implementation of public policy in a variety of different cross-national contexts.
• Identify, describe and analyze the effects of historical, cultural, and socioeconomic factors on how public policy has been traditionally formulated and implemented across nations.
• Choose a policy area within the student’s interest or expertise and compare and contrast alternative approaches from at least two different countries.
• Design and adapt a policy approach from another society and evaluate its applicability and relevance to another (e.g., German health care policy to USA).