Public Policy & Administration 697DE - ST-PolicyImplementn&Design

This course will survey the various ways to design and implement effective public policies. It will focus on the policy tools available for improving the implementation and management of policies, and under what conditions are these policies more effective. Students will learn about the basic scholarly literature on policy design and implementation, and be better able to develop and analyze public policies. The course is designed as a seminar, where students will discuss the various policies adopted by the governments, their characteristics, and what better policy options the government had to solve an issue or achieve an objective.