Political Science 797JA - ST-Org Theory & Inst Analysis

This graduate seminar is designed to help students obtain a solid foundation in organizational and institutional perspectives, with a particular focus on institutional stability and change. Course materials draw from several fields within political science as well as sociological perspectives on institutional stability and change. The course is one of three courses designed to help students prepare for the field examination in public policy, but it is suitable for any graduate student with an interest in organizational and institutional structures, processes, and the core theoretical frameworks that constitute this inter-disciplinary subfield.