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PART LEC # TOPICS READINGS
1:What Is Public
Policy and Why do
We Think We Need
It ?
1 Introduction to the Course
2 Fish Banks Simulation Required:

Background Materials on the New England Fisheries Crisis

CLF Brief History of the Crisis

NOAA History of the New England Fisheries Industry

Christian Science Monitor

Recommended:

Layzer, Judy. "The New England Groundfish Crisis." In The Environmental Case. Washington D.C.: CQ Press, 2002.
3 Fish Banks Simulation (continued)
4
What are "Public
Policies" & Why Do We Need Them?
Required:

Stone. Preface, introduction & chap. 1 in Policy Paradox.

Recommended:

Reich, Robert. Introduction in The Power of Public Ideas, 1988.

Orren, Gary R. "Beyond Self-Interest." Chap. 1 in The Power of Public Ideas. Edited by Reich, 1988.
5 What are "Public Policies" & Why Do We Need Them? Required:

Tanner, Jane. "Affordable Housing." In Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 2002, 81-99.
      
2:How should We Make Public Policy? 6 Tools of Government Required:

Stone. Chap. 11-12 in Policy Paradox.

Bettelheim, Adriel. "Regulating the New Economy." In Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 2002, 257-273.
7 Tools of Government Required:

Stone, chap. 13-15 in Policy Paradox.

Tanner, Jane. "War on Terrorism." In Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 2002, 275-300.

Josh, Kenneth. "Affirmative Action." In Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 2002, 127-144.

Glazer, Sarah. "Rating Doctors." In Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 2002, 61-79.
8 Public Policy as a Technical Exercise in Problem Solving Required:

Hansen, Brian. "Nuclear Waste." In Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 2002, 145-155.
9 Cost Benefit Analysis & Risk Assessment Required:

OMB Circular on Economic Analysis.

"Energy Security." In Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 2002, 156-.

Recommended:

Kopp, Raymond J., Alan J. Krupnick, and Michael Toman. Cost Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Reform. Washington D.C.: Resources for the Future, 1997.
10 1st Draft of Paper #1 due
10 Higher "Values" of Public Policy Required:

Stone. Chap. 4 & 5 in Policy Paradox.

Masci, David, and Patrick Marshall. "Civil Liberties in Wartime." In Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 2002, 177-195.

Recommended:

"Democracy Forum: Do Rights Handcuff Democracy." Boston Review, (April/May 1999.)
11 Higher "Values" of Public Policy (continues) Required:

Stone. Chap. 2 & 3 in Policy Paradox.

Glazer, Sarah. "Welfare Reform." In Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 101-125.

Recommended:

Kelman, Steven. "Why Public Ideas Matter." Chap.2 in The Power of Public Ideas. Edited by Reich, 1988.
3:Who Makes Public Policy? 12 Designing Government? Required:

Federalist Papers [online reading]

No. 10

No. 47

No. 51

No. 78

Visit this site for the complete Federalist Papers online.

Horn, Van, et al. Introduction & chap. 1 & 2 in Politics & Public Policy.
13 Revised Paper #1 due
13 The Players & Their Politics: Legislators & Legislatures Required:
Horn, Van, et al. Chap. 5 in Politics & Public Policy.

Recommended:

Quirk, Paul. "Policy Making in the Contemporary Congress." Chap. 9 in Landy & Levin, The New Politics of Public Policy, 1995.
14 The Players & Their Politics: Legislators & Legislatures (continued)
15 The Bureaucracy Required:

Horn, Van, et al. Chap. 4 in Politics & Public Policy.

Lipsky, Michael. "The Critical Role of Street Level Bureaucrats." Chap. 1 in Street Level Bureaucracy. New York: Russel Sage, 1980, 3-12.

Lipsky, Michael. " Street Level Bureaucrats as Policy Makers." Chap. 2 in Street Level Bureaucracy. New York: Russel Sage, 1980, 13-25.
16 The Players & Their Politics: The Chief Executive Required:

Horn, Van, et al. Chap. 6 in Politics & Public Policy.

Recommended:

Heclo, Hugh. "Issues Networks and the Executive Establishment. " In The New American Political System. Edited by Anthony King. Washington D.C.: American Enterprise Institute, 1978, pp. 87-124.
17 The Players & Their Politics: The Courts Required:

Horn,Van, et al. Chap. 7 in Politics & Public Policy.

Brown v Board of Education

         National Park Service, Brown v Board of Education Web Site.
                     Under the heading The Case read the sections on
                     "The Decision" and "The Implementation Order".

         Findlaw Web Site, Plessy v. Ferguson.
                     Read the opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson and Justice Harlan's
                     dissent.

Lukas, J. Anthony. "The Judge." Chap. 14 in Common Ground. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985, 222-251.

Implementing Brown in Boston.

Recommended:

Landy & Levin. Chap. 2, 3, and 4 in The New Politics of Public Policy.

http://www.gse.harvard.edu/nv/features/busing09012000_page1.html
18 Paper #2 due
18 The Players & Their Politics:  Interest Groups Required:

Horn, Van, et al. Chap. 3 in Politics & Public Policy.

Adams, Gordon. "The Business of Defense." In Hays, Vallance, & Van Tassel, American Defense Policy, 1997, 151-159.

Recommended:

Kelso, William. "Three Types of Pluralism." In American Democratic Theory: Pluralism and Its Critics. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1978, 12-29.

Dahl, Robert. Who Governs? New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1961.

Heymann, Philip P. Chap. 4 in How Government Expresses Public Ideas. Edited by Reich, 1988.

Robert Reich. "Policy Making in a Democracy." Chap. 6 in The Power of Public Ideas. Edited by Reich, 1988.

Milton & Rose Friedman. Free to Choose. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1980.

Mills, C. Wright. The Power Elite. Oxford University Press, 1956.

Olson, Mancur. The Logic of Collective Action. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965, 1971.

Truman, David. "Interest Groups and the Nature of the State." In American Society Inc. Edited by M. Zeitlin. New York: Markaham Publishing, 1970.
4:How Do We Know What Works? 19 The Players & Their Politics: The Public & the Media Required:

Horn, Van, et al. Chap. 8  in Politics & Public Policy.

Downs, Anthon. "Up and Down with Ecology: The Issue-Attention Cycle." In Public Interest 28 (1972): 38-50.

Recommended:

Linsky, Martin. "The Media & Public Deliberation." Chap. 9 in The Power of Public Ideas. Edited by Reich, 1988.

Putnam, Robert. "Introduction: The Comparative Study of Political Elites." In The Comparative Study of Political Elites. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1976, 2-19.

Walker, Jack. "A Critique of the Elitist Theory of Democracy." In American Political, 1966.

Heifetz, Ronald, and Riley Sinder. "Managing the Public's Problem Solving." Chap. 8 In The Power of Public Ideas. Edited by Reich, 1988.
20 Cost Benefit Analysis & Risk Assessment Required:

OMB Circular on Economic Analysis.

Piehl, Anne, Bert Useem, and John Dilulio, Jr. "A Cost Benefit Analysis of Imprisonment in Three States."  Center for Civic Innovation, 1999, 1-15.

"Energy Security." In Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 2002, 156-.

Recommended:

Kopp, Raymond J., Alan J. Krupnick, and Michael Toman. Cost Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Reform. Washington D.C.: Resources for the Future, 1997.
21 Program Evaluation Required:

Howell, William, Patrick Wolf, David Campbel, and Paul Peterson. "School Vouchers and Academic Performance: Results from Three Randomized Field Trials." In Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 21, No. 2 (2002): 191-217.
22 Program Evaluation Required:

Howell, William, Patrick Wolf, David Campbel, and Paul Peterson. "School Vouchers and Academic Performance: Results from Three Randomized Field Trials." In Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 21, No. 2 (2002): 191-217.
23 Paper #3 due
24 Student Presentations
25 Student Presentations