Government, Politics and the Policy-Making Process

PADM

211

Government, Politics and the Policy-Making Process

"This course will explore the policy-making process in a range of public institutions and will introduce students to the approaches, methods, tools and techniques of decision making. The role of conventional political institutions, as well as alternatives to conventional politics will be studied. In the process, students will identify official, as well as unofficial, political actors, including those in the executive, legislative and judiciary branches of government; social and political activists; the media; and the public. Finally, the course will examine several models of the policy-making process."

Fall, Spring

Undergraduate

Yes