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Fall 2017 Public Policy Course Offerings – Pre-Registration Draft 2

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CONTPPS 1-01

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PUBPOL 501S-01 (6021)

AMERICAN GRAND STRATEGY (Seminar)

The course examines the global challenges and opportunities confronting the United States and the efforts of U.S. policymakers to craft a grand strategy that adequately addresses them. The course covers key historical junctures in the development of American Grand Strategy, ranging from pre World War II to the present. The‐ class will examine both the theory and the practice of grand strategy, and will consider both defenses and critiques of the choices US leaders have made.

T 1:25 – 3:55 PM Bruce Jentleson Gross Hall 105 18 3.0

Global

Nat’l Security

PUBPOL 505S-01 (5352)

NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION MAKING (Seminar)

The US national security environment is characterized by competing interests, politics, information, analysis, national capabilities, and, most importantly, decision-making. To affect successful national security decision-making, our leaders must understand and apply all the elements of national power with a keen eye towards the intended impact (and secondary effects) in a constantly changing, complex, global arena. This course explores this delicate art in three main components: first, we will strive to develop a deeper understanding of our national security apparatus (i.e. responsibilities of the different areas of government and organizational design); secondly, we will analyze the elements of national power and examine historical examples of their application; finally, we will apply our analysis to assess the merits of various approaches to national security decision-making. This is the Capstone course for upper-level PWAD majors, Duke Counterterrorism and Public Policy Fellows, and UNC National Security Fellows; it involves academic rigor and

W 11:45 AM – 2:15 PM

Tim Nichols Sanford 07 10 3.0 Global

Nat’l Security


frequent exposure to a variety of National Security issues and vignettes.

Throughout this course, we will build a greater understanding of the intricacies and complexities facing our national leadership. We will experience first-hand examples from Guest Speakers (CIA, State Department, and Military); we will experience the innate difficulty through in-class simulations; and we will conduct independent discovery through individual research and writing.

PUBPOL 515S.01

(8874)

ASSISTING DEVELOPMENT

Examines evolution of international development theory and practice since early 1950s. Investigates how different solutions advanced to deal with poverty have fared. Different streams of academic and policy literature, including economics, political science, and sociology, are consulted with a view to understanding what could have been done in the past and what should be done at the present time. Examines alternative formulations weekly in seminar format. Individual research papers (60% of grade) which analyze past and present development practices in a country of their choice, or examine trends within a particular sector (e.g., agriculture, population, gender relations, the environment).

T 3:05 – 5:35 PM Anirudh Krishna TBD 15 3.0 Development

PUBPOL 560S.01 (5353)

PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY

Role of grant making foundations as engines of social, economic, and political change. Normative implications for democracy of elites using wealth to influence society.

T 4:40 – 7:10 PM Kristin Goss Sanford 150 15 3.0 Social


Theories of strategic vs. expressive philanthropy. Debate over time-limited vs. perpetual foundations. Cases of philanthropy's impact in realms such as education, public television, and AIDS research. New philanthropic ventures that hybridize for-profit and non-profit approaches. Consulting project to guide newly wealthy individuals in philanthropic strategy.

PUBPOL 561.01 (5354)

9/11: CAUSES, RESPONSE, AND STRATEGY

Examination of the origin and ideology of al-Qaeda and affiliated organizations, the events that led to the 9/11 attacks, and the public policy response in terms of use of force, preventive intelligence and law enforcement policies, and homeland security. Comparative examination of the efficacy and ethics of alternative counterterrorism policies.

M/W/F 10:05 – 11:20 AM

David Schanzer Rubenstein 151 20 3.0

National Security

Global

PUBPOL 576-01 (4685)

RESOURCE & ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS I

First of a two-part course. The application of economic concepts to private and public sector decision making concerning natural and environmental resources. Intertemporal resource allocation, benefit cost analysis, ‐valuation of environmental goods and policy concepts. Pre‐requisite: introductory course in microeconomics and one semester of calculus.

T/TH 10:05 – 11:20 AM

Lori Bennear Env Hall 1112 110 1.5 Energy/Env

PUBPOL 582.01 (4690)

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: ECONOMICS AND POLICY

Social science perspective on global environmental health. Students will learn to identify primary environmental causes of high burden diseases such as malaria, diarrhea, and respiratory infections; describe how to measure socio-economic impacts of global environmental health diseases; discuss key policies to control global environmental health problems based on private prevention and therapeutic behaviors; and propose frameworks to empirically monitor

T/TH 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM

Subhrendu Pattanayak

TBD 25 3.0 Energy/Env

Health

Global


and evaluate global environmental health policies. A sub-module will focus on climate change and water-borne diseases. Prerequisites: Introductory course in statistics.

PUBPOL 584-01 (4688)

RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS II

Part 2 of a survey course in environmental and natural resource economics. Part 2 focuses on basic theory and methods of economic analysis of natural resource problems including extraction of non-renewable resources over time, fisheries economics and forest economics. Prerequisite: ENVIRON 520

T/TH 10:05 - 11:20 AM Martin Smith

Environmental Hall 1112

110 1.5

Energy/Env

PUBPOL 590-01 (5357)

U.S. POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA

To the extent possible, this course will examine the major elements of U.S. policy toward the hemisphere as expressed in the planning documents, policy pronouncements and legislation of the U.S. government. We will attempt to answer the question: what did U.S. policy makers say they were hoping to accomplish in the region? The course will also introduce students to the interagency process and the range of departments, agencies and offices with an influence on policy formulation and implementation. Finally, the course will examine in some detail key policy prescriptions: the formula for economic modernization know as “the Washington Consensus,” Plan Colombia and the War on Drugs, the Summit of the Americas process, and efforts to achieve hemispheric free trade. The course will also consider the significance of the Obama Administration’s decision to restore relations with Cuba and the much

T 3:05 – 5:35 PM Patrick Duddy 151 Rubenstein 15 3.0 Global

Nat’l Security


discussed “pivot to Asia.”

PUBPOL 590-02

(8877)

DEMOCRACY LAB

The Democracy Lab will involve teams of students, both undergraduate and graduate working on a variety of innovative approaches to political issues. The course will include a general introduction to theories of innovation, but will largely consist of client based projects in which the teams, coached by Professor Mayer, will produce a substantial report or the equivalent that contributes to the health of political processes. Examples might include, but not be limited to:

Producing a strategy to maximize the social impact of a documentary film, working with professional "impact producers" and documentary film makers as clients.

Producing a report making recommendations for approaches to redistricting in North Carolina, working with Duke's "Beyond Gerrymandering" project.

Developing background documents to support the work of the North Carolina Leadership Forum on a major issue facing North Carolina.

M 3:05 – 5:35 PM Fritz Mayer TBD 25 3.0

PUBPOL 590-03 (8878)

INTERNET POLICY(NEW)

What is the internet? How does it work? Who owns it? How is it regulated? How does our society make the most of it? Erik Garr, formerly of the Federal Communications Commission, will discuss these issues

M 1:25 – 3:55 PM Erik Garr TBD 20 3.0


through lecture, group study, and research projects to provide students with an overview of the most important internet policy questions laid out in the National Broadband Plan, the landmark internet policy document that he co-authored and edited. Students will gain a basic understanding of how the internet works and how our country can make the most of this modern platform for communication and commerce.

PUBPOL 596-001 (5359)

EVALUATION OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURES

Discussion section is required, check Hub for times.

Basic development of cost benefit analysis from alternative points of view, for example, equity debt, and economy as a whole. Techniques include: construction of cash flows, alternative investment rules, inflation adjustments, optimal timing and duration of projects, private and social pricing. Adjustments for economic distortions, foreign exchangeadjustments, risk and income distribution examined in the context of present value rules. Examples and cases are from both developed and developing countries.

M/W 3:05 – 4:20 PM

Bob Conrad 03 Sanford 80 3.0 Management

PUBPOL 598-01 (5363)

ECONOMIC GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Basic principles and policy issues in the study of economic growth and development. The roles of physical, natural, and human capital, technological innovation, productivity improvements and institutions in explaining patterns and causes of variations in growth and development performance of countries. Effects on growth and development of many current policy issues, including: HIV‐AIDS, financial crises, foreign aid and investment, debt burdens and forgiveness, corruption and governance.

T/TH 10:05 – 11:20 AM

Fernando Fernholz

Rubenstein 153 42 3.0Development

Global


PUBPOL 645S.01 (5365)

GLOBAL INEQUALITY RESEARCH

Engagement of vertically integrated research teams in projects exploring racial and ethnic disparities exhibited and expressed in six arenas: employment, wealth, health, political participation, education, and arts and culture. Each team will produce a major paper that will qualify for submission to a refereed journal in the area relevant to the focus of the study

T 11:45 AM – 2:15 PM

Sandy Darity; Salimah El-Amin

TBD 15 3.0 Social

PUBPOL 651S.01 (10433)

THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS (NEW)

Advanced discussion of core issues and the research frontier in IPE (trade, finance, economic development, globalization). Focus on theoretical debates over the source of preferences, the role of power and institutions, conflict and cooperation in the world economy.

TH 10:05 AM – 12:35 PM

Sarah Bermeo; Buthe

111 Gross 18 3.0 Global

PUBPOL 707.01 (5372)

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

To achieve sustainable development, countries need the capability to manage available resources, solve problems and set and achieve their objectives. Support to the development of these capacities is recognized as an essential element of development effectiveness. It was not always so; insufficient attention to building capacity has contributed to the failure of past development efforts to achieve anticipated objectives. This course will enable you to understand why, and how debate—and our new understanding of the nature of capacity and how it changes—has yielded a common paradigm that challenges long-cherished views of development practitioners and underlies the current strategic approaches of multilateral and bilateral development agencies. We will look at the

T/TH 3:05 – 4:20 PM

Frank Webb Sanford 150 16 3.0 Development


characteristics, issues, needs and approaches to capacity development in multiple dimensions—institutional, organizational and individual. Background readings, review of real-life examples and case studies will illustrate the challenges and their solutions. The class will examine the practicalities of capacity development in response to comprehensive, often cross-sectoral, challenges faced by poor communities—for example HIV and AIDS—and the challenges presented by fragile states, including conflict-affected areas, where the constraints on success are numerous and hard to overcome. We will discuss collaboration among the military, humanitarian and development organizations and private corporations operating in the same space, when roles and responsibilities overlap as organizations with different mandates and operational methods target the same beneficiaries. Participants will be expected to contribute their own experience in working in teams to prepare ideas, analyses and recommendations. There will be an opportunity for each to analyze and write a paper about an aspect of capacity development.

PUBPOL 711.01

(5373)

PUBLIC POLICY WRITING PRACTICUM(Intended for MIDP students and writers for whom English is a second language.)

Good writing comes from good thinking. In most cases, the biggest problem in "bad writing" is not bad grammar but poor style. We have all heard advice like "be clear" or "never use the passive," but what we need is to understand how to write clearly and why the passive may or may not be a good option. This mini-seminar will introduce a simple system of writing style that can be learned and put to use immediately. (Please bring your computer to class.)

W 8:30 – 9:45 AMDean Storelli Sanford 05 48 0.5

PUBPOL 723-01

POVERTY REDUCTION & INTERNATIONAL FINANCAL M/W 1:25 – 2:40 Phyllis Pomerantz TBD 15 3.0 Global


(5375)

INSTITUTIONS

Over the last 50 years, development and poverty reduction have been the twin concerns of the InternationalFinancial Institutions (the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the regional developmentbanks). The course will trace the evolution of international poverty reduction theory, policy and implementation from the emphasis on capital accumulation and large infrastructure projects in the 1960s to the integrated rural development programs and basic needs approaches of the 1970s, through structural adjustment and sectoral programs in the 1980s and 1990s, to today’s emphasis on debt relief and Poverty Reduction Strategies. As these changes were happening, related changes also were taking place in the structures, policies, and practices of the IFIs. The course will look at the rationale, basic features, and effectiveness of each poverty reduction approach, as well as the accompanying changes in the two principal IFIs, the World Bank and the IMF. The course will use general studies and reviews, as well as actual project and program examples. The course is primarily a group discussion, with occasional mini lectures and student presentations. Written‐ requirements include a mid term assignment and a final ‐paper.

PM Social

PUBPOL 724-01 (5376)

POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL AID

The effectiveness of aid in low income countries has been ‐the subject of intense debate. The course willexamine the context and objectives of international aid, the record and lessons, and recent efforts andproposals for change within the international community. There is a special (but not exclusive) focus on Africa,since more robust growth and poverty reduction on that continent are at the center of the aid effectiveness debate. In this exploration of the politics of aid, attention will be focused on the principal stakeholders, their motivations,

M/W 10:05 – 11:20 AM

Phyllis Pomerantz Sanford 150 15 3.0 Development

Global


and the quality of interaction among the various players (Governments, NGOs, bilateral donors, and multilateral institutions), along with the bottom line – whether aid is resulting in poverty reduction in low income countries. By the end of the course, students will be familiar with recent literature on the topic, key debates surrounding aid effectiveness, the policies and actions of different donors, and recent proposals and measures aimed at improving development assistance. The course is primarily a group discussion, with occasional mini lectures, student ‐presentations, debates, case studies, two papers, and a final simulation.

PUBPOL 721S-01

(5374)

INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The objective of this seminar is to explore organizational and institutional design theory and its application towards promoting a more sustainable development. The seminar is structured to deal with the macro and micro institutional levels; structures and processes, including interagency coordination; and policy and implementation issues. Intensive use is made of case studies from various sectors in developing and transitional countries, though with emphasis on environmental management issues. As a seminar product, participants are expected to apply tools they have acquired to an institutional design problem of their choice that would be relevant to the management of the environment or any sector in which they have a special interest in their preferred country. Instructor consent required.

T/TH 3:05 – 4:20 PM

Francis Lethem TBD 13 2.0Development

Management

PUBPOL 761-01

HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONFLICT M/W 3:05 – 4:20 PM

Catherine Admay TBD 12 3.0 Global


(5382) In this course we learn the most important basics of the overall international human rights and humanitarian law framework and the ways it is helpful to use—or not—when faced with concrete cases of conflict, be it war or other forms of large scale suffering. We learn the political history of this legal framework so Fellows have an unglorified, concrete and realistic idea of this law as it stands today. Indeed, a central aim of the course is to help Fellows know about, and then be equipped to better navigate in your own professional lives, the three leading practitioner camps that have developed to promote conflict resolution and peacebuilding, including (1) conflict resolvers, (2) human rights advocates/lawyers and (3) humanitarian workers. How is conflict, and the various ways to address it, framed by each of these camps of practitioners? What sort of tradeoffs and priorities must we consider in any situation and stage of conflict? Is “peace versus justice” one of them? When might demands for human rights precipitate or fuel—as much as prevent or transform—conflicts? Are human rights essential for what the field of conflict resolution has termed “positive peace”? Or for “restorative justice”? Or should policymakers involved in multiple stages or types of conflict be more cautious about viewing rights as a remedy for conflicts? What practical measures have been developed for post conflict situations? Where lies the promise and the peril for key institutions like the International Criminal Court, UN Special Rapporteurs, and the Human Rights Council and their various proceedings? How must we take into account the relevant power and cross-cultural considerations? Can we ourselves be productively inspired by the particular peace-building and conflict transformation work we learn about in the course of the class?To consider these and other questions of interest to the members of the class, we connect the contemporary legal framework for human rights and the three: camps approaches to real-world efforts underway by practitioners to reframe and transform conflict and build peace. There is no expectation that students have prior academic exposure to law; instead we are always enriched by whatever experience, including with the law, our class members, and

Ethics


practitioners who join us as guests, bring to the class.

PUBPOL 770-01 (5381)

PUBLIC FINANCE IN DEVELOPING AND EMERGING ECONOMIES

Covers the basic theory, policy and practice of public finance in these economies. It examines the economicroles and rationale for government and potential methods of financing government. The nature of fiscal policyand its relationship to macroeconomic policy is examined, including issues of foreign aid, debt financing andinflation. The course analyzes the approaches to pricing, financing and evaluating public sector outputs such asroads, water, education and electricity. It then reviews and analyzes taxes on trade, consumption, income,property and natural resources considering their economic efficiency and administrative costs anddistributional impacts. The methods and importance of forecasting revenues are presented. Special topicsinclude the design and role of tax incentives and environmental taxes.

M/W 1:25 – 2:40 PM

Shukla; Glenday; Bhattacharya

04 Sanford 18 3.0

Global

Development

Management

PUBPOL 776-01 (5382)

PUBLIC BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION

Focuses on the policies, procedures, and skills needed for effective budgeting and financial management in thepublic sector. Core topics to be covered in the course include budget systems and controls, public sectoraccounting and costing, financial reporting for accountability, and capital budgeting and debt management.The course provides the analytical skills needed to understand the links between budgeting and the macrofiscal framework, the political decision making ‐process, and the interests of citizens. The emphasis is on the theory and international practice of budgeting, with particular application to developing countries. Issues ofprogram and performance budgeting, participatory budgeting and citizen accountability, and decentralized

T/TH 10:05 – 11:20 AM

Shukla; Glenday; Bhattacharya

Sanford 224 15 3.0 Management

Global


fiscal systems will be discussed.

PUBPOL 779.01 (5383)

SALES & VALUE ADDED TAX

Sales and Value Added Tax Law covers the legal ‐frameworks and detailed technical issues related to VAT and sales tax systems. Comparisons are drawn between the VAT and sales taxes, and between the tax legislationprovisions used in various countries. Aside from the basic tax structures, the course also highlights innovationsin VATs and the treatment of special sectors such as the real property, financial, agriculture and public interestsectors. Approaches for dealing with the application of VATs and sales taxes in the context of federations and common markets are also considered. The principal focus is on VAT, with sales tax being compared as appropriate to highlight the differences.More generally, the course is designed to sharpen your skills to think like a lawyer, like a policymaker, and likea tax administrator. We will also examine VAT law on a comparative basis, and discuss what contribution acomparative law viewpoint brings to an understanding of VAT. After taking the course, you should understand how the VAT works, be able to interpret VAT laws (we will consult several, as well as discussing cases), be familiar with the main problems and issues of VAT (for example, the consequences of exemptions), and have a feel for how the VAT differs from the income tax. We will discuss the definition of all legal elements of the VAT (taxpayer, taxable event, tax base, rates, tax period) and how the tax is collected as a matter of procedure. The focus will be on problem areas of defining these elements. This analysis should equip you with the ability to handle VAT problems in the future, or indeed to deal with any tax, since all taxes have these basic common elements.

T 3:20 – 5:10 PMShukla; Glenday; Peter Barnes

LAW 4044 15 2.0

Management

PUBPOL 789-02 (5392)

EDUCATION POLICY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Synopsis in Development

F 10:05 AM – 1:55 PM

Oct. 14 – Oct. 28

Staff Sanford 224 15 1.0Social

Development


PUBPOL 789-03 (5393)

PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY OF INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES FOR BETTER DEVELOPMENT

If a community is concerned about the potential harmful effects of a development project sponsored by an international agency, what steps can it take? An innovative institutional governance review process that is being used more and more frequently is making it possible for ordinary people to raise questions about whether international development agencies (e.g., the World Bank, IFC, Global Environmental Facility) are adhering to the stated goals and policies of those agencies. This mini-seminar will examine three different real-world cases: We will first determine how a community and civil society can initiate mechanisms that voice serious concerns about development projects funded by international development agencies. We will then ascertain accountability for these initiatives and analyze their effectiveness. This mini seminar will provide tools for public servants and development practitioners who partner with these agencies, civil society, and communities to promote better governance through better accountability. Legal background is not required.

F 11:45 – 3:35 PM

Sept. 22 – Oct. 6Catherine Admay TBD 14 1.0

Management

Global

PUBPOL 789-05 (5394)

LEVERAGING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) FOR DEVELOPMENT (Seminar)

The rapid adoption of mobiles and cloud computing is reenergizing efforts to integrate ICT as part of the overall international development agenda. ICT is considered as an enabler in strategies to meet many of the Millennium Development goals and as a key component of national development in healthcare, education, rural and urban development, poverty reduction and financial services. The mini-seminar reviews ICT for Development motivations; role in the efforts of major development organizations; case studies from multiple countries and sectors; and factors

F 11:45 AM – 3:35 PM

Nov. 3 – Nov. 17

Jean-Pierre Auffret

TBD 14 1.0 Management

Development


leading to successes and failures. The mini-seminar concludes with discussion of ICT for Development opportunities and challenges and best practices in policy, financing and human capacity development to foster scalable and sustainable ICT for Development efforts.

PUBPOL 790-02

(5396)

BIG DEBATES IN DEVELOPMENT POLICY

(Synopsis in development)TH 4:40 – 7:10 PM Indermit Gill Rubenstein 149 13 3.0 Development

PUBPOL 790.03 (8879)

MONITORING & EVALUATION

The seminar will introduce the participants to the essential analytical framework used in evaluation and the variety of tools. This first segment will also address the full range of evaluation work that fellows may encounter in the future. A common understanding of the concepts introduced in this initial three week segment is critical for the rest of the seminar. The material covered in these initial weeks is of limited analytical difficulty. No extensive knowledge of statistics and econometrics are required beyond the basic material covered in the required courses. More in depth analytical techniques, such as rigorous impact evaluations and randomized controlled trials, are covered in other available courses.

TH 4:40 – 7:10 PMHans-Martin Boehmer

TBD 13 3.0 Development

PUBPOL 790.04 (5397)

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, & DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Science & technology (S&T) play a large role in development policy by providing tools with which societies attempt to improve their circumstances: generate wealth; provide public services; heal the sick; distribute goods; and enable citizen participation in governance. Besides being means of development, S&T also affect assessments of the ends of development. Information technologies structure the monitoring and evaluation of development programs,

M/W 1:25 – 2:40 PM

Ravtosh Bal Sanford 102 12 3.0 Management

Development


while ideas about the value and risks of technologies affect debates about the desired objectives of development. This course examines the various roles of S&T in international development and the implications for public policy. Students review the impact of S&T and different forms of S&T governance on economic growth, trade, innovation, social welfare, health, the environment, conflict resolution, democracy and human rights. The course will cover various policy tools used to regulate S&T in development.

PUBPOL 790.05 (5398)

INTRODUCTION TO PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

The objective of this mini-seminar is to provide an introduction to the multi-disciplinary field of Peace and Conflict Studies as a foundation for and complement to the overall Rotary Curriculum through course content which: 1. Provides an introduction to the field of Peace and Conflict Studies, 2. Emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of peace and conflict studies and analyzes the nature and causes of conflicts within societies and internationally from a variety of perspectives and inquiries including gender, political science, sociology, social psychology, economics, biology, ethnicity and more, 3. Provides students with the appropriate analytical tools to think critically about questions relating to the origins and dynamics of conflict, including terrorism, as well as the possibility of peace.

F 1:25 – 4:10 PMRosemary Fernholz

Rubenstein 149 12 2.0 Ethics

PUBPOL 803-01 (5410)

AND

803-02 (5411)

POLICY ANALYSIS I (Lecture)

The goal of this course is to enable students to develop the critical thinking, writing, and professional skills that they will need to analyze public policy issues. Integrating their knowledge and experience from other sources, students will have an opportunity to work on small teams to solve thorny public policy problems and to sharpen their written and oral communications skills. The emphasis will be on

803-01 = T/TH 10:05 – 11:20 AM

803-02 = M/W 1:25 – 2:40 PM

Tom Taylor Sanford 03

Sanford 05

20 in each class

3.0 Methods: First-Year MPP Core Course


identifying pragmatic solutions to contemporary public policy problems in a variety of settings and case studies.

PUBPOL 803-03 (5412)

POLICY ANALYSIS I (Lecture)

This is a graduate level, professional course that provides tools for thinking about and conducting analysis of public policy issues. The tools are widely applicable to different types of policy jobs. While the tools may be used in many different fields, the applications in this course will be to policy issues/problems. Class time will be a mix of lectures which present an overview of the concepts being taught and discussions/exercises which apply these concepts to specific cases. Readings will also be a mix designed to help students master the skills presented in class and provide real examples to which the concepts can be applied. Graded assignments are designed to help develop your communication skills in diverse ways as well as test your ability to apply analytical tools to specific policy problems.

T/TH 8:30 – 9:45 AM

Sarah Bermeo Sanford 03 25 3.0Methods: First-Year MPP Core Course

PUBPOL 807.001

(5413)

MASTER’S PROJECT I

Emphasis on individual or group projects. Preparation for Master’s Project. Fall 2017 course will require students to sign up for the discussion section to register for the lecture.

M/W 4:40 – 5:55 PM

Lecture: Mac McCorkle; Elizabeth Frankenberg; Anna Gassman-Pines

Lecture: Sanford 04 76 3.0

Methods: Second-Year MPP Core Course

PUBPOL 810.01 (5418)

MICROECONOMICS FOR PUBLIC POLICY MAKING

We, as individuals and as members of communities and nations, want to have many things. But the capacityto satisfy those wants is limited by resources and know‐

M/W 8:30 – 9:45 AM

Charles Clotfelter Rubenstein 153 55 3.0 Methods: First-Year MPP Core Course


how. Microeconomics provides ways of workingthrough this tension between desires and feasibility. The concepts and tools of microeconomics have manyapplications to public policy analysis, and the aim of this course is to learn how to make those applications. Ifstudents do not end up doing economic analysis as their main work, it is hoped that they will enable themselves to be critical consumers of microeconomic analysis.

PUBPOL 811.01

(5419)

MICROECONOMICS POLICY APPLICATIONS

This is a course for graduate students who have placed out of the standard economics sequence. The course is designed to be a course in expenditure – tax analysis (standard public finance): the essential tools that one needs to do economic analysis in the public sector. It will begin with a review of basic microeconomic theory. Traditional expenditure theory and an introduction to cost-benefit analysis is the second component. Public goods, externalities and general efficiency considerations for public sector involvement will be developed as well as one approach to the analysis of public sector investments. The remainder of the course will be devoted to tax analysis. Income and consumption taxation will be discussed; the incentive effects of various taxes described and how taxation interacts with the international economic environment will be examined.

T/TH 1:25 – 2:40 PM

Cory Krupp Sanford 03 30 3.0Methods: First-Year MPP Core Course

PUBPOL 812-001

(5420)

STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS FOR POLICY MAKERS

Purpose of the course is to ensure that students are both critical consumers and effective producers of statistical evidence presented in support of policy arguments. Students will learn to analyze and evaluate arguments based on simple descriptive statistics, correlation, or multiple regression analysis. Students will have hands on ‐training in the creation of convincing statistical reports, from manipulating large databases to conducting sensitivity analysis and presenting results. Considerable time will be devoted to fundamental building blocks of statistics, including basic probability, inference, and hypothesis testing, which, in turn, support the study of multiple

Lecture: M/W 10:05 – 11:20 AM

Anna Gassman-Pines

Lecture: Sanford 04

Labs: 09 Sanford

20 each lab

3.0 Methods: First-Year MPP Core Course


regressions.

Fall 2017 course will require students to sign up for one of three Lab sections to register for the lecture.Discussion Section 1: T 8:30 – 9:45 AM (5421) Discussion Section 2: T 3:05 – 4:20 PM (5422)Discussion Section 3: M 1:25 – 2:40 PM (5423)

PUBPOL 814-01 (5423)

POLITICS OF THE POLICY PROCESS

The formulation of public policies, substantive policies in a variety of contexts from local government to international affairs; the role of legislatures, interest groups, chief executives, and the bureaucracy in defining alternatives and in shaping policy from agenda formulation to implementation.

W 3:05 – 4:20 PM; F 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM

Nick Carnes Sanford 05/03 50 3.0Methods: First-Year MPP Core Course

PUBPOL 816.01 (5425)

ETHICS AND POLICYMAKING

Normative concepts in politics, liberty, justice, and the public interest: historical and philosophical roots, relationship to one another and to American political tradition, and implications for domestic and international problems.

T/TH 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM

Jay Pearson Sanford 04 28 3.0Methods: Core Course

PUBPOL 820.01 (5426)

GLOBALIZATION & GOVERNANCE

Seminar explores economic, political, and social aspects of globalization and their implications for public policy making in the twenty first century. Focus on issues of governance, ‐particularly international cooperation, the design of international organizations, and the role of international NGOs. Policy areas include international trade and finance, environment, security, human rights, media and communications, and international development.

M/W 3:05 – 4:20 PM Tana Johnson Rubenstein 153 40 3.0

Core Option for Politics

Global

PUBPOL 822.01

ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS I M/W/F 10:05 – Elizabeth Sanford 05 25 3.0 Methods: Advanced Core


(5427)

LAB: (5428)

The course focuses on methods of drawing inference from non-experimental, cross-sectional data. The foremost among these is the basic linear regression model (OLS). Topics include measurement error, collinearity, functional form assumptions, heterokedasticity, and omitted variable bias. We will also discuss instrumental variables regression, maximum likelihood estimation, and probit and logit models

11:20 AM Frankenberg Statistics Course

PUBPOL 825.01 (5429)

TOPICS IN HEALTH POLICY

Seminar introduces students to major health policy concepts and methods of analysis of health policy problems. Focus on domestic and international health policy topics, including: nature of disease, health and economics, health care delivery systems, demography and health.

M 6:15 – 8:45 PM Don Taylor Sanford 05 25 3.0 Health

PUBPOL 830.02

(5431)

EFFECTIVE WRITING AND PUBLIC POLICY

This course starts with the belief that writing is like an octopus: it has many arms but a single head. Whether crafting emails, op-ed columns or public policy briefs, all writers must find the right words to engage and provoke their audience. This course is aimed at providing the tools to write livelier, more engaging prose to inform and persuade readers.

The first half of this writing-intensive course draws on the works of George Orwell, Toni Morrison, Stephen King and others to examine fundamental issues, including why we write, as well as approaches and techniques to do it well.

The second half will apply this knowledge to various forms of public policy writing, using the works of such master public policy analysts as George Kennan and James Q. Wilson as case studies.

T/TH 3:05 – 4:20 PM

Second Half of Semester

(John) Peder Zane

Sanford 05 20 1.5 Management


This writing intensive course will help sharpen student skills through assignments that focus on the execution of various public policy forms from internal working memos and short client memos to longer analytical projects.

PUBPOL 830-04 (8880)

QUALITATIVE METHODS

This course will introduce students to the basic tools of qualitative methods. Qualitative methods to be covered include ethnographies, in depth interviews, focus groups, ‐and archival research. Course will review the basics of collecting, analyzing, and presenting qualitative data.

M/W 10:05 – 11:20

2nd Half

TBD TBD 20 1.5 Methods

PUBPOL 840S.01

(7215)

INTRODUCTION TO DEMOGRAPHIC MEASURES AND CONCEPTS

This is an introductory course to the techniques used to analyze population dynamics in the U.S. and around the world which have major implications for global health, health inequalities, and public policy: population change (growth and decline), fertility change and patterns, population health and disease patterns, mortality and causes of death, population movements. The primary objectives are to learn how demographers (1) measure vital rates (mortality, morbidity, fertility, and migration, among others), population change, composition and structure; (2) how they identify laws and regularities governing the relationship between vital rates and population structures; (3) how they use these regularities to measure and decompose demographic and health-related processes; and (4) how the properties and dynamics of a population are important for understanding population change, population health and the distribution of health and disease. The course will emphasize both the logic underlying demographic techniques and the application of these techniques to real data in order to answer questions about

M/W 1:25 – 2:40 PM

Giovanna Merli TBD 18 3.0 Population


human populations.

PUBPOL 845S-01

(6023)

RACIAL /ETHNIC MINORITIES IN AMERICAN POLITICS

Graduate-level course on politics of the United States' four principal racial minority groups Blacks, Latinos, American Indians, and Asian Americans. Importance of race and ethnicity in American politics is also explored.

M 3:05 – 5:35 PM Kerry Haynie TBD 18 3.0 Social

PUBPOL 850.01 (5432)

SOCIAL POLICY

This course will introduce students to the major methods used in the analysis of problems in social policy. These methods derive from economics, political science, human development, ethics, and systems analysis. Students will learn to apply these methods to contemporary problems. Students will learn to think critically, analytically, and synthetically. Students will write critical reactions, policy briefs, and opinion papers. Class time will be devoted to lectures, student discussion of readings, oral presentations by students, and occasional guest speakers.

M 1:25 – 3:55 PM Carolyn Barnes Rubenstein 149 22 3.0 Social

PUBPOL 890-01

(5433)

CORRUPTION: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLITICS (NEW)

This seminar course is aimed at graduate students (doctoral and advanced masters). The readings in the course will include theory papers as well as empirical papers, primarily from economics and political science. In addition, we will also rely on readings from popular media sources to complement our understanding of corruption, the challenges facing public policy, and the impact of various interventions to address policy. Students will be expected to read ALL the papers and every student will be assigned papers from the reading list, for which they lead the

T 8:30 – 11:00 AM Manoj Mohanan TBD 22 3.0


discussion of empirical papers on various days.

PUBPOL 890.13 ()

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS FOR MUNICIPAL POLICY

Municipal governments face a number of goals, having to do with everything from strengthening social connections to improving traffic safety to lowering their own costs of operation. This course will draw connections between the research about such problems and the ways behavioral economics can address the problems. It will also contribute to a research agenda in behavioral economics that helps municipal governments make life in their communities better.

T/TH 3:05 – 4:20 PM

Mariel Beasley

Ryan SmithSanford 03 40 3.0 Management

PUBPOL 890.03 (5434)

PUBLIC BUDGETING

This course is designed for students with little or no prior experience in public budgeting. We approach the study of public budgeting from theoretical, descriptive and analytic perspectives. The objective of the course is to develop basic budget literacy -- understanding the actors, roles, processes, formats and content of public budgets -- through lectures, readings, quantitative group projects and papers.

TH 1:25 – 2:40 PM Doug Brook Sanford 150 15 3.0 Management

PUBPOL 890.04

(5435)

THE CHANGING AMERICAN WORKPLACE AND PUBLIC POLICY

The purpose of the course is to examine the practical implications and challenges associated with the changing American workforce within the context of the public policy-making arena. Given the shift in the current demographic makeup of the United States and related political participation, public policy practitioners will need to understand the impact of these changes in formulating workable and sustainable policy solutions in their careers as leaders, employees, and managers. This will require that practitioners not only understand the changing

M/W 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM

Lynn Holmes Rubenstein 149 20 3.0 Management


demographics, but have an ability to work and to lead in an increasingly diverse policy arena. Diversity includes differences in race, gender, ethnicity, political party, religion, and sexual orientation.

The class participants will have an opportunity to: 1) explore the trends underlying the changing American workplace/electorate/policy landscape; 2) study and discuss related cases with a focus on navigating differences for the purpose of achieving a public policy goal; 3) discuss and determine practical solutions policy practitioners can use in navigating differences.

PUBPOL 890.05

(5436)

CRIME POLICY & DATA

New Description pending publication

T/TH 3:05 – 4:20 PM

Susan Katzenelson

07 Sanford 20 3.0 Social

PUBPOL 890-07

(8882)

DEFENSE ACQUISITION REFORM (NEW)T/TH 3:05 – 4:20 PM

Doug Brook TBD 20 3.0Nat’l Security

Management

PUBPOL 890-09

(8883)

SCHOOL VOUCHER RESEARCH (NEW) F 6:15 – 8:45 PM Anna Egalite TBD 20 3.0 Social

PUBPOL 890-12

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PUBLIC & PRIVATE SECTORS POLICYMAKING

This course focuses on the interplay of the public and private sectors in formulating public policies at the domestic and international levels. The first part of the course develops an analytic framework and historical context for understanding how the roles and interactions of states and markets have fluctuated across time. A second

M 8:30 – 11:00 AM

Tana Johnson TBD 20 3.0 Development


part examines how the policymaking “division of labor” between states and markets has differed across countries – for example, with a relatively market-based approach in early industrializers such as the United Kingdom but a more state-led approach in contemporary rising powers such as China and Brazil. A third part of the course focuses on energy, transportation, telecommunications, or other policy areas in which political and economic considerations make governments wary about letting markets function without state intervention. Throughout, we will apply political economy concepts in order to understand recent policy choices in various countries and various policy areas.

PUBPOL 890-11

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REGIONAL & ECONOMIC SOCIAL ANALYSIS

Quantitative information is the language of public policy. Yet policymakers--particularly state and regional ones--frequently have a limited grasp of fundamental analytical concepts and techniques. Civic leaders and policy experts therefore often wind up talking past each other. To help future policy professionals avoid that problem, this course demonstrates how to apply the tools of economic and social analysis to subjects of great interest to state and regional policymakers and how to communicate effectively that information. Topics for discussion include regional geography, economic output, demographics, industrial structure, labor markets, and income and deprivation. The emphasis of the course is on the practical aspects of quantitative analyses. Students will be responsible for preparing several briefing memos that discuss economic and social conditions found in actual metropolitan regions within the United States.

T 4:40 – 7:10 PM John Quinterno TBD 20 3.0 Management

PUBPOL 890-10

MORE IS NOT ENOUGH: THE NEED FOR ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

T 3:05 – 5:35 PM Dirk Philipsen TBD 20 3.0


(9032)

What are smart goals for future economic activity? What indicators can be used to guide economic activities toward broad prosperity and sustainable development?

Increasing the welfare of customers, communities, and societies requires something other than indiscriminate growth. GDP is no longer a sufficient measure of economic success. New terms have entered the conversation, such as the triple bottom line, Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value, or ecosystem services.

This course explores the mounting challenges of economic development, investigates alternative measures of success, and examines paths toward a viable future from private businesses to national and international regulatory organizations. Reading and discussion intensive, this course does not require prior graduate work in economics.

Documents

sites.duke.edu · Web viewThe course examines the global challenges and opportunities confronting the United States and the efforts of U.S. policymakers to craft a grand strategy