This course is about how institutions in the American political system shape public policy. It will examine some of the key actors and institutions that develop public policy and the ways in which policy analysis bears on policy development. We will consider several venues for policymaking – including agenda setting, legislation, interest group activity, judicial review, bureaucratic policymaking and regulation – and the role of policy analysis in those venues. In the context of these venues, we will explore several different American public policy domains in detail including health care...
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