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Sep 23, 2024
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POSC 560 - Comparative Public Policy Description: Comparative analysis of policy and policy process in Western and Non-western setting with a special emphasis on the impact of globalization on both policy and process.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- 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).
Learner Outcomes Approval Date: 3/6/2014
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