| I. What Do We Fight About? |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Public vs. Private Problems | |
| 3 | Policy Goals: Equity, Efficiency (Welfare) | |
| 4 | Policy Goals: Security, Liberty (Homeland Security) | |
| 5 | Globalization | Essay 1 due |
| 6 | Globalization (cont.) | |
| II. Problems and Solutions |
| 7 | Ideas and Power in the Policy Process | |
| 8 | Defining Problems: Symbols, Numbers and Causes | |
| 9 | Attaching Solutions to Problems: Policy Entrepreneurs and Tipping Points | |
| 10 | Defining Problems: Interests, Experts, and the Media (Health Care) | |
| 11 | Devising Solutions: Rules, Facts, Rights, Power, Inducements | |
| 12 | Social Security | Essay 2 due |
| 13 | Social Security (cont.) | |
| III. The Conventional Approach To Resolving Disputes |
| 14 | Resolving Disputes in Congress (Taxes) | |
| 15 | Resolving Disputes in Agencies (Endangered Species) | |
| 16 | Resolving Disputes in Agencies (cont.) | |
| 17 | Resolving Disputes in Courts (School Desegregation) | |
| 18 | Resolving Local Disputes (Hazardous Waste) | |
| 19 | Peer Editing, Essay 3 | |
| 20 | Adversarial Decision-making Processes | Essay 3 due |
| IV. Alternative Approach To Resolving Public Disputes |
| 21 | Direct Democracy: Ballot Initiatives | |
| 22 | Resolving Disputes Through Deliberation | |
| 23 | Negotiated Rulemaking | |
| 24 | Collaboration / Consensus-Building (Wetlands) | |
| 25 | Peer Editing Essay 4 | |
| 26 | Collaborative Processes | Essay 4 due |