LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
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I. What Do We Fight About? | ||
1 | Introduction | |
2 | Public vs. Private Problems |
Kuttner, Robert. "The Limits of Markets." The American Prospect 31 (March-April 1997).
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3 | Policy Goals: Equity, Efficiency (Welfare) |
Stanfield, Rochelle L. "Between the Cracks." National Journal (October 11, 1997): 2018-2021. DeParle, Jason. "As Welfare Rolls Shrink, Load on Relatives Grows," New York Times, February 21, 1999. LoPrest, Pamela. "Long Ride From Welfare to Work," Washington Post, August 30, 1999. Pear, Robert. "Welfare Spending Shows Huge Shift," New York Times, October 13, 2003. |
4 | Policy Goals: Security, Liberty (Homeland Security) |
Arnone, Michael. "Antiterrorism Law Under Debate Again." Chronicle of Higher Education 23 (June 13, 2003). |
5 | Globalization |
Garten, Jeffrey E. "Business and Foreign Policy." Foreign Affairs 76, no. 3 (1997): 67-79.
Goklany, Indur. "The Globalization of Human Well-Being." Policy Analysis, no. 447, August 22, 2002. (Cato Institute Web page.) Mandle, Jay. "The Wrong Enemy." The American Prospect 9, no. 7 (1998). Kuttner, Robert. "Globalism Bites Back." The American Prospect 9, no. 7 (1998). Stiglitz, Joseph. "Globalism's Discontents." The American Prospect 13, no. 1 (2002). Weller, Christian E., and Adam Hersh. "Free Markets and Poverty." The American Prospect 13, no. 1 (2002). Sen, Amartya. "How to Judge Globalism." The American Prospect 13, no. 1 (2002). Soros, George. "Toward a Global Open Society," The Atlantic Monthly, January 1998. Forney, Matt. "Tug-of-War Over Trade." Time 42 (December 22, 2003). Weidenbaum, Murray. "Surveying the Global Marketplace," USA Today, January 26, 2004. Crook, Clive. "Why the New Protectionism is Both Wrongheaded and Dangerous." National Journal 36, no. 3 (2004): 148. Gillespie, Nick. "Poor Man's Hero." Reason 35, 7 (2003): 56. Hansen, Brian. "Globalization Backlash." CQ Researcher 11, no. 33 (2001). Cooper, Mary H. "Do Low-Paid Foreign Workers Help or Hurt the Economy?" CQ Researcher 14, no. 7 (2004). |
6 | Globalization (cont.) | |
II. Problems and Solutions | ||
7 | Ideas and Power in the Policy Process |
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8 | Defining Problems: Symbols, Numbers and Causes |
Goode, Erica. "How Culture Molds Habits of Thought," New York Times, August 8, 2000. Lewin, Tamar. "Images of Police Beatings are Subject to Blurring," New York Times, July 15, 2000. |
9 | Attaching Solutions to Problems: Policy Entrepreneurs and Tipping Points |
Gladwell, Malcolm. "The Tipping Point," New Yorker, June 3, 1996. |
10 | Defining Problems: Interests, Experts, and the Media (Health Care) |
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11 | Devising Solutions: Rules, Facts, Rights, Power, Inducements |
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12 | Social Security |
Cooper, Mary. "How Should America's Retirement System Be Saved?" CQ Researcher, 2004. Recent articles and editorials in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Christian Science Monitor (via Lexis-Nexis, Proquest, and other databases). Calmes, Jackie. "Wall Street Quietly Promotes Overhaul of Social Security," Wall Street Journal, December 3, 1996. Material from Websites: Social Security Reform CenterThe White House Anrig, Greg. "Social Security: The Next Generation." The American Prospect Online. Nov. 6, 2002. Dreyfuss, Robert. "The Biggest Deal: Lobbying to Take Social Security Private." The American Prospect 26 (May-June, 1996): 72-75. Mashaw, Jerry L. and Theodore Marmor, "The Great Social Security Scare." The American Prospect Online. Nov. 1, 1996 Kuttner, Robert. "Rampant Bull." The American Prospect Online. July 1, 1998. Quinn, Joseph. "Social Security on the Table." The American Prospect 7, no. 26. (May-June, 1996). Kay, Stephen J. "The Chile Con." The American Prospepct Online. July 1, 1997. Diamond, Peter and Peter Orszag. "Social Security: The Right Fix." The American Prospect Online. Sept. 22, 2002. Peterson, Peter G. "Will American Grow Up Before it Grows Old?" (2-part series). The Atlantic Monthly 277, no. 5 (May, 1996). Baker, Dean. "Government: Nine Misconceptions About Social Security." The Atlantic Monthly 282, no. 1 (July, 1998). |
13 | Social Security (cont.) | |
III. The Conventional Approach To Resolving Disputes | ||
14 | Resolving Disputes in Congress (Taxes) |
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15 | Resolving Disputes in Agencies (Endangered Species) |
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16 | Resolving Disputes in Agencies, Continued | |
17 | Resolving Disputes in Courts (School Desegregation) |
Jost, Kenneth. "School Desegregation." CQ Researcher 14, no. 15 (April 23, 2004). |
18 | Resolving Local Disputes (Hazardous Waste) |
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19 | Peer Editing, Essay 3 | |
20 | Adversarial Decision-making Processes | |
IV. Alternative Approach To Resolving Public Disputes | ||
21 | Direct Democracy: Ballot Initiatives |
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22 | Resolving Disputes Through Deliberation |
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23 | Negotiated Rulemaking |
Weber, Edward P., and Anne M. Khademian. "From Agitation to Collaboration: Clearing the Air through Negotiation." Public Administration Review 57, no. 5 (1997): 396-410. Coglianese, Cary. "Assessing Consensus: The Promise and Performance of Regulatory Negotiation." Duke Law Journal 46 (1997): 1255-1349. |
24 | Collaboration / Consensus-Building (Wetlands) |
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25 | Peer Editing Essay 4 | |
26 | Collaborative Processes |