Spring 2025 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (56932)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Politics is how we make collective decisions about matters of shared consequence. This course examines politics and introduces students to key concepts and skills needed for effective political analysis. The central themes of the course focus on power; institutions and organizations; discourse; and citizenship.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56932/1253
Spring 2025 | PA 5012 Section 002: The Politics of Public Affairs (56958)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Politics is how we make collective decisions about matters of shared consequence. This course examines politics and introduces students to key concepts and skills needed for effective political analysis. The central themes of the course focus on power; institutions and organizations; discourse; and citizenship.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56958/1253
Fall 2024 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (23053)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Politics is how we make collective decisions about matters of shared consequence. This course examines politics and introduces students to key concepts and skills needed for effective political analysis. The central themes of the course focus on power; institutions and organizations; discourse; and citizenship.
- Class Notes:
- MPA students are encouraged to register, but will need instructor permission (a permission number).
- Class Description:
- America has witnessed five significant surges of protests, organizing, and political upheaval over the past fifteen years: The Tea Party (started in 2010), Occupy Wall Street (occurred in September 2011), grassroots resistance following President Trump's election in 2016, and the demonstrations sparked by George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Each promised deep, enduring political change -- but what normative and legal impacts did they produce?
Sophisticated agents of change appreciate that there are "varieties of politics," which offer discrete and interconnected avenues. Elections, legislation, and administrative and legal accountability - along with protests and community organizing - are used by political activists and policy entrepreneurs to produce or thwart change. Each modality of politics is distinctive, varying in terms of the types of actors involved; the resources that are required; the scope of political debate; the visibility of the policy design; and their potential consequences. If political change is the objective, which variety of politics is most feasible and potentially impactful?
Time is a critical - often overlooked - dimension in politics. President Barack Obama's health reform and the conservative movement's attack on estate taxes not only produced change at one point in time but also influenced subsequent politics by generating new public expectations, interest groups, and government agencies committed to ongoing implementation. Politically astute reformers design progressive and conservative policies to secure change in the first instance and then to influence politics downstream.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students with permission of the instructor.
- Learning Objectives:
- The learning objectives are to develop the skills to assess the political feasibility of proposed policy changes and to identify the tools of politics that create opportunities and mitigate vulnerabilities.Students will learn:- Models of change from direct citizen mobilization to elections and the legislative, executive, and judicial institutional arenas- Political time in which policies produce altered downstream politics- Challenges to democracy in the form of markets, erosion of democratic rules and norms, and the unexpected complexity of transparency- The forms and challenges of political accountability
- Grading:
- Four five-page political feasibility papers and Final Examination
- Exam Format:
- Short answer and one essay drawn from questions distributed in class
- Class Format:
- Large and small group discussions, lectures, guests from national and state policy debates and politics
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23053/1249
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_PA5012_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2023
Spring 2024 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (57223)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 184
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (32 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Politics is how we make collective decisions about matters of shared consequence. This course examines politics and introduces students to key concepts and skills needed for effective political analysis. The central themes of the course focus on power; institutions and organizations; discourse; and citizenship.
- Class Notes:
- If the class is full, students should add themselves to the system's waitlist. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbsoss+PA5012+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- Our challenge in this course is to get serious about questioning and sharpening the political perspectives we bring to bear on our work. All too often, our beliefs about politics are based on little more than civics-book platitudes, cynical clichés, and the commonsense views that prevail in our particular social circle. The purpose of this course is to unsettle such beliefs and invite students to think more critically and systematically about how to approach the political dimensions of their work. If you expect most of your future work to be technical - and therefore, "not political" - I'm especially hopeful that you will find opportunities in this course to question that assumption, as well as the politics that underlie it.
- Learning Objectives:
- This semester, we will work to develop a variety of political perspectives on public policy and public affairs. Toward these ends, we will organize our work around four concepts that guide any well-specified understanding of politics: power, institutions and organizations, discourse, and citizenship. We will ask how these elements of politics may be understood, how they operate in practice, why they matter, how they limit and enable political action, and how they can be engaged and navigated effectively.
- Grading:
- 20% Class participation
80% Major Writing Assignments
- Power (20%)
- Institutions (20%)
- Political Discourse (20%)
- Democratic Citizenship (20%)Your grade will depend, first and foremost, on the ways you engage, explain, critique, and apply ideas from our readings and class discussions. - Class Format:
- Discussion and Lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57223/1243
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 February 2017
Fall 2023 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (23313)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 135
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (25 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Politics is how we make collective decisions about matters of shared consequence. This course examines politics and introduces students to key concepts and skills needed for effective political analysis. The central themes of the course focus on power; institutions and organizations; discourse; and citizenship.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ljacobs+PA5012+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- America has witnessed five significant surges of protests, organizing, and political upheaval over the past fifteen years: The Tea Party (started in 2010), Occupy Wall Street (occurred in September 2011), grassroots resistance following President Trump's election in 2016, and the demonstrations sparked by George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Each promised deep, enduring political change -- but what normative and legal impacts did they produce?
Sophisticated agents of change appreciate that there are "varieties of politics," which offer discrete and interconnected avenues. Elections, legislation, and administrative and legal accountability - along with protests and community organizing - are used by political activists and policy entrepreneurs to produce or thwart change. Each modality of politics is distinctive, varying in terms of the types of actors involved; the resources that are required; the scope of political debate; the visibility of the policy design; and their potential consequences. If political change is the objective, which variety of politics is most feasible and potentially impactful?
Time is a critical - often overlooked - dimension in politics. President Barack Obama's health reform and the conservative movement's attack on estate taxes not only produced change at one point in time but also influenced subsequent politics by generating new public expectations, interest groups, and government agencies committed to ongoing implementation. Politically astute reformers design progressive and conservative policies to secure change in the first instance and then to influence politics downstream.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students with permission of the instructor.
- Learning Objectives:
- The learning objectives are to develop the skills to assess the political feasibility of proposed policy changes and to identify the tools of politics that create opportunities and mitigate vulnerabilities.Students will learn:- Models of change from direct citizen mobilization to elections and the legislative, executive, and judicial institutional arenas- Political time in which policies produce altered downstream politics- Challenges to democracy in the form of markets, erosion of democratic rules and norms, and the unexpected complexity of transparency- The forms and challenges of political accountability
- Grading:
- Four five-page political feasibility papers and Final Examination
- Exam Format:
- Short answer and one essay drawn from questions distributed in class
- Class Format:
- Large and small group discussions, lectures, guests from national and state policy debates and politics
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23313/1239
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_PA5012_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2023
Spring 2023 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (57600)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 184
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (31 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Politics is how we make collective decisions about matters of shared consequence. This course examines politics and introduces students to key concepts and skills needed for effective political analysis. The central themes of the course focus on power; institutions and organizations; discourse; and citizenship.
- Class Notes:
- If the class is full, students should add themselves to the system's waitlist or register for 5012-2. Contact Stacey Grimes at grime004@umn.edu if questions. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbsoss+PA5012+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- Our challenge in this course is to get serious about questioning and sharpening the political perspectives we bring to bear on our work. All too often, our beliefs about politics are based on little more than civics-book platitudes, cynical clichés, and the commonsense views that prevail in our particular social circle. The purpose of this course is to unsettle such beliefs and invite students to think more critically and systematically about how to approach the political dimensions of their work. If you expect most of your future work to be technical - and therefore, "not political" - I'm especially hopeful that you will find opportunities in this course to question that assumption, as well as the politics that underlie it.
- Learning Objectives:
- This semester, we will work to develop a variety of political perspectives on public policy and public affairs. Toward these ends, we will organize our work around four concepts that guide any well-specified understanding of politics: power, institutions and organizations, discourse, and citizenship. We will ask how these elements of politics may be understood, how they operate in practice, why they matter, how they limit and enable political action, and how they can be engaged and navigated effectively.
- Grading:
- 20% Class participation
80% Major Writing Assignments
- Power (20%)
- Institutions (20%)
- Political Discourse (20%)
- Democratic Citizenship (20%)Your grade will depend, first and foremost, on the ways you engage, explain, critique, and apply ideas from our readings and class discussions. - Class Format:
- Discussion and Lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57600/1233
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 February 2017
Spring 2023 | PA 5012 Section 002: The Politics of Public Affairs (65654)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Politics is how we make collective decisions about matters of shared consequence. This course examines politics and introduces students to key concepts and skills needed for effective political analysis. The central themes of the course focus on power; institutions and organizations; discourse; and citizenship.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?heima019+PA5012+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course aims to highlight the politics behind policy. In other words, it aims to examine the way in which actors and institutions have come together to develop, promote, and make decisions that impact a collective group of people. This semester we'll examine the ways in which politics happen - how small groups come together to fight injustice, how large corporations impede the passage of laws and policies, how political institutions and values limit the possibilities for change - both within and outside the United States. In other words, this course will take a global approach to the study of politics and public policy.
This course is designed so that you, future policy practitioner, can best understand the political mechanisms and institutions that promote and impede policy change. To do so, we'll organize this course around four main areas: power, institutions, discourse, and citizenship. We'll examine how these different aspects of politics operate, and importantly, how they impact political action across contexts--both within and outside the United States. The focus on the differences across contexts will help illuminate the challenges and opportunities for political change across a number of different policy areas.
- Learning Objectives:
- By focusing on global political phenomena, utilizing social science theories and methodology, and examining varied global perspectives on politics, this course aims to: 1) Increase your understanding of the different ways in which power is manifested, exerted, controlled, and manipulated in the establishment of public policy. B) Strengthen your knowledge of the ways in which both formal and informal institutions shape, limit, encourage, and prevent public policy, as well as how citizens and political actors utilize political institutions within authoritarian and democratic contexts to advance public policy goals. C) Develop knowledge regarding how discourse shapes and is shaped by public policy, how actors and institutions limit and promote discourse, and effective strategies for changing and promoting public discourse. D) Wrestle with the issue of citizenship in both democratic and authoritarian nations, and how citizenship is manifested, expressed, challenged, and limited in these contexts.
I also expect that by taking this course you will gain or improve upon certain skills, such as: A) Critically reading and understanding advanced academic texts, such as journal articles and books. B) Academic research, such as identifying sources, developing an argument, coherently supporting said argument with secondary sources, etc. C). Argumentation and persuasion, particularly with regard to a specific public policy outcome. D) Visual communication techniques, particularly in the presentation of academic work.
- Grading:
- You will complete a policy portfolio project on a topic of your choice. This portfolio asks you to describe the areas of power, institutions, and discourse as they apply to a topic of your choice, and your plan to change/transform these areas to achieve your desired public policy outcome. The portfolio is worth 85% of your final grade and consists of three writing assignments (each worth 20%) and a final presentation (25%).The final aspect you will be graded on is leading class discussion and overall participation (worth 15%).
- Class Format:
- Discussion and Lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65654/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 January 2023
Fall 2022 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (23765)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (52 of 70 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Politics is how we make collective decisions about matters of shared consequence. This course examines politics and introduces students to key concepts and skills needed for effective political analysis. The central themes of the course focus on power; institutions and organizations; discourse; and citizenship.
- Class Notes:
- If you need a permission number, email Stacey Grimes at grime004@umn.edu. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ljacobs+PA5012+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- America has witnessed four massive surges of protests and political organizing over the past decade: The Tea Party (started in 2010), Occupy Wall Street (occurred in September 2011), grassroots resistance following President Trump's election in 2016, and the ongoing demonstrations sparked by George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Each promised deep, enduring political change -- but what normative and legal impacts did they produce?
Sophisticated agents of change appreciate that there are "varieties of politics," which offer discrete and interconnected avenues. Elections, legislation, and administrative and legal accountability - along with protests and community organizing - are used by political activists and policy entrepreneurs to produce or thwart change. Each modality of politics is distinctive, varying in terms of the types of actors involved; the resources that are required; the scope of political debate; the visibility of the policy design; and their potential consequences. If political change is the objective, which variety of politics is most feasible and potentially impactful?
Time is a critical - often overlooked - dimension in politics. President Barack Obama's health reform and the conservative movement's attack on estate taxes not only produced change at one point in time but also influenced subsequent politics by generating new public expectations, interest groups, and government agencies committed to ongoing implementation. Politically astute reformers design progressive and conservative policies to secure change in the first instance and then to influence politics downstream.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students with permission of the instructor.
- Grading:
- Paper, Two Group Projects, Final Examination, and 5 short discussion reports.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23765/1229
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_PA5012_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 August 2020
Spring 2022 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (58983)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (29 of 31 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- If the class is full; MPP/MS-STEP students should add themselves to the system's waitlist. Other students should contact Stacey Grimes at grime004@umn.edu to be placed on a manual waitlist. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbsoss+PA5012+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- Our challenge in this course is to get serious about questioning and sharpening the political perspectives we bring to bear on our work. All too often, our beliefs about politics are based on little more than civics-book platitudes, cynical clichés, and the commonsense views that prevail in our particular social circle. The purpose of this course is to unsettle such beliefs and invite students to think more critically and systematically about how to approach the political dimensions of their work. If you expect most of your future work to be technical - and therefore, "not political" - I'm especially hopeful that you will find opportunities in this course to question that assumption, as well as the politics that underlie it.
- Learning Objectives:
- This semester, we will work to develop a variety of political perspectives on public policy and public affairs. Toward these ends, we will organize our work around four concepts that guide any well-specified understanding of politics: power, institutions and organizations, discourse, and citizenship. We will ask how these elements of politics may be understood, how they operate in practice, why they matter, how they limit and enable political action, and how they can be engaged and navigated effectively.
- Grading:
- 20% Class participation
80% Major Writing Assignments
- Power (20%)
- Institutions (20%)
- Political Discourse (20%)
- Democratic Citizenship (20%)Your grade will depend, first and foremost, on the ways you engage, explain, critique, and apply ideas from our readings and class discussions. - Class Format:
- Discussion and Lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58983/1223
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 February 2017
Fall 2021 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (25791)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Partially Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 15009/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankUMN ONLINE-HYB
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (51 of 70 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- PA 5012 will be delivered REMOTELY. It will meet synchronously online at the scheduled time. Students may use Blegen 150 to participate in this REMOTE class. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ljacobs+PA5012+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- America has witnessed four massive surges of protests and political organizing over the past decade: The Tea Party (started in 2010), Occupy Wall Street (occurred in September 2011), grassroots resistance following President Trump's election in 2016, and the ongoing demonstrations sparked by George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Each promised deep, enduring political change -- but what normative and legal impacts did they produce?
Sophisticated agents of change appreciate that there are "varieties of politics," which offer discrete and interconnected avenues. Elections, legislation, and administrative and legal accountability - along with protests and community organizing - are used by political activists and policy entrepreneurs to produce or thwart change. Each modality of politics is distinctive, varying in terms of the types of actors involved; the resources that are required; the scope of political debate; the visibility of the policy design; and their potential consequences. If political change is the objective, which variety of politics is most feasible and potentially impactful?
Time is a critical - often overlooked - dimension in politics. President Barack Obama's health reform and the conservative movement's attack on estate taxes not only produced change at one point in time but also influenced subsequent politics by generating new public expectations, interest groups, and government agencies committed to ongoing implementation. Politically astute reformers design progressive and conservative policies to secure change in the first instance and then to influence politics downstream.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students with permission of the instructor.
- Grading:
- Paper, Two Group Projects, Final Examination, and 5 short discussion reports.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25791/1219
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_PA5012_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 August 2020
Spring 2021 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (54171)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- PA: major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy or PA PhD or Human Rights major or Development Practice major
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (39 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- Class will be offered REMOTELY. Class will meet synchronously-online during Spring 2021 during the scheduled time. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbsoss+PA5012+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- Our challenge in this course is to get serious about questioning and sharpening the political perspectives we bring to bear on our work. All too often, our beliefs about politics are based on little more than civics-book platitudes, cynical clichés, and the commonsense views that prevail in our particular social circle. The purpose of this course is to unsettle such beliefs and invite students to think more critically and systematically about how to approach the political dimensions of their work. If you expect most of your future work to be technical - and therefore, "not political" - I'm especially hopeful that you will find opportunities in this course to question that assumption, as well as the politics that underlie it.
- Learning Objectives:
- This semester, we will work to develop a variety of political perspectives on public policy and public affairs. Toward these ends, we will organize our work around four concepts that guide any well-specified understanding of politics: power, institutions and organizations, discourse, and citizenship. We will ask how these elements of politics may be understood, how they operate in practice, why they matter, how they limit and enable political action, and how they can be engaged and navigated effectively.
- Grading:
- 20% Class participation
80% Major Writing Assignments
- Power (20%)
- Institutions (20%)
- Political Discourse (20%)
- Democratic Citizenship (20%)Your grade will depend, first and foremost, on the ways you engage, explain, critique, and apply ideas from our readings and class discussions. - Class Format:
- Discussion and Lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54171/1213
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 February 2017
Fall 2020 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (20662)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- PA: major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy or PA PhD or Human Rights major or Development Practice major
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (27 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- Remote delivery. Class will meet synchronously online on Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ljacobs+PA5012+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- America has witnessed four massive surges of protests and political organizing over the past decade: The Tea Party (started in 2010), Occupy Wall Street (occurred in September 2011), grassroots resistance following President Trump's election in 2016, and the ongoing demonstrations sparked by George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Each promised deep, enduring political change -- but what normative and legal impacts did they produce?
Sophisticated agents of change appreciate that there are "varieties of politics," which offer discrete and interconnected avenues. Elections, legislation, and administrative and legal accountability - along with protests and community organizing - are used by political activists and policy entrepreneurs to produce or thwart change. Each modality of politics is distinctive, varying in terms of the types of actors involved; the resources that are required; the scope of political debate; the visibility of the policy design; and their potential consequences. If political change is the objective, which variety of politics is most feasible and potentially impactful?
Time is a critical - often overlooked - dimension in politics. President Barack Obama's health reform and the conservative movement's attack on estate taxes not only produced change at one point in time but also influenced subsequent politics by generating new public expectations, interest groups, and government agencies committed to ongoing implementation. Politically astute reformers design progressive and conservative policies to secure change in the first instance and then to influence politics downstream.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students with permission of the instructor.
- Grading:
- Paper, Two Group Projects, Final Examination, and 5 short discussion reports.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20662/1209
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_PA5012_Fall2020.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 August 2020
Spring 2020 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (57598)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 184
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbsoss+PA5012+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Our challenge in this course is to get serious about questioning and sharpening the political perspectives we bring to bear on our work. All too often, our beliefs about politics are based on little more than civics-book platitudes, cynical clichés, and the commonsense views that prevail in our particular social circle. The purpose of this course is to unsettle such beliefs and invite students to think more critically and systematically about how to approach the political dimensions of their work. If you expect most of your future work to be technical - and therefore, "not political" - I'm especially hopeful that you will find opportunities in this course to question that assumption, as well as the politics that underlie it.
- Learning Objectives:
- This semester, we will work to develop a variety of political perspectives on public policy and public affairs. Toward these ends, we will organize our work around four concepts that guide any well-specified understanding of politics: power, institutions and organizations, discourse, and citizenship. We will ask how these elements of politics may be understood, how they operate in practice, why they matter, how they limit and enable political action, and how they can be engaged and navigated effectively.
- Grading:
- 20% Class participation
80% Major Writing Assignments
- Power (20%)
- Institutions (20%)
- Political Discourse (20%)
- Democratic Citizenship (20%)Your grade will depend, first and foremost, on the ways you engage, explain, critique, and apply ideas from our readings and class discussions. - Class Format:
- Discussion and Lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57598/1203
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 February 2017
Spring 2020 | PA 5012 Section 002: The Politics of Public Affairs (57583)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (17 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hend0402+PA5012+Spring2020
- Class Description:
About the course:
Politics is messy, complex, unpredictable, and sometimes ugly. Yet, many of us want to work in environments that are heavily influenced by politics. So how do we make sense of the political world around us? How do we navigate it? How do we understand the behavior and choices of the political actors around us? How do we make our own choices - whether it's what issues to work on, what solutions to propose, whom to align ourselves with - that lead to desired outcomes?
To understand the politics of public affairs, it can be helpful to understand what motivates people who work in and around politics. Is it party, ideology, public opinion, the laws or the Constitution, personality, or a combination of these factors? During the semester, we will examine these, and other, factors and discuss to what extent they help us understand real-world policy issues and outcomes.
About the instructor:
Henriët grew up in the Netherlands and moved to the United States in 2003 for her graduate studies in political science at the University of Minnesota. She currently works as a research and management consultant within Minnesota state government. Prior to that, Henriët worked for the Minnesota House of Representatives as a non-partisan analyst in the Fiscal Analysis Department. She also held positions as an assistant professor at St. Olaf College (MN) and Susquehanna University (PA), where she taught courses on American politics, campaigns and elections, public opinion, and research methods.
- Grading:
- The course grade will be based on class participation (10%), three short writing assignments (25% each), and a group presentation (15%).
- Class Format:
- Discussion and lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57583/1203
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hend0402_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2018
Fall 2019 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (23925)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 20
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (25 of 29 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mtcurtin+PA5012+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23925/1199
Fall 2019 | PA 5012 Section 002: The Politics of Public Affairs (32999)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (33 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hend0402+PA5012+Fall2019
- Class Description:
About the course:
Politics is messy, complex, unpredictable, and sometimes ugly. Yet, many of us want to work in environments that are heavily influenced by politics. So how do we make sense of the political world around us? How do we navigate it? How do we understand the behavior and choices of the political actors around us? How do we make our own choices - whether it's what issues to work on, what solutions to propose, whom to align ourselves with - that lead to desired outcomes?
To understand the politics of public affairs, it can be helpful to understand what motivates people who work in and around politics. Is it party, ideology, public opinion, the laws or the Constitution, personality, or a combination of these factors? During the semester, we will examine these, and other, factors and discuss to what extent they help us understand real-world policy issues and outcomes.
About the instructor:
Henriët grew up in the Netherlands and moved to the United States in 2003 for her graduate studies in political science at the University of Minnesota. She currently works as a research and management consultant within Minnesota state government. Prior to that, Henriët worked for the Minnesota House of Representatives as a non-partisan analyst in the Fiscal Analysis Department. She also held positions as an assistant professor at St. Olaf College (MN) and Susquehanna University (PA), where she taught courses on American politics, campaigns and elections, public opinion, and research methods.
- Grading:
- The course grade will be based on class participation (10%), three short writing assignments (25% each), and a group presentation (15%).
- Class Format:
- Discussion and lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32999/1199
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hend0402_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2018
Spring 2019 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (64877)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 435
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (34 of 32 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbsoss+PA5012+Spring2019
- Class Description:
- Our challenge in this course is to get serious about questioning and sharpening the political perspectives we bring to bear on our work. All too often, our beliefs about politics are based on little more than civics-book platitudes, cynical clichés, and the commonsense views that prevail in our particular social circle. The purpose of this course is to unsettle such beliefs and invite students to think more critically and systematically about how to approach the political dimensions of their work. If you expect most of your future work to be technical - and therefore, "not political" - I'm especially hopeful that you will find opportunities in this course to question that assumption, as well as the politics that underlie it.
- Learning Objectives:
- This semester, we will work to develop a variety of political perspectives on public policy and public affairs. Toward these ends, we will organize our work around four concepts that guide any well-specified understanding of politics: power, institutions and organizations, discourse, and citizenship. We will ask how these elements of politics may be understood, how they operate in practice, why they matter, how they limit and enable political action, and how they can be engaged and navigated effectively.
- Grading:
- 20% Class participation
80% Major Writing Assignments
- Power (20%)
- Institutions (20%)
- Political Discourse (20%)
- Democratic Citizenship (20%)Your grade will depend, first and foremost, on the ways you engage, explain, critique, and apply ideas from our readings and class discussions. - Class Format:
- Discussion and Lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64877/1193
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 February 2017
Spring 2019 | PA 5012 Section 002: The Politics of Public Affairs (58255)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-126
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hend0402+PA5012+Spring2019
- Class Description:
About the course:
Politics is messy, complex, unpredictable, and sometimes ugly. Yet, many of us want to work in environments that are heavily influenced by politics. So how do we make sense of the political world around us? How do we navigate it? How do we understand the behavior and choices of the political actors around us? How do we make our own choices - whether it's what issues to work on, what solutions to propose, whom to align ourselves with - that lead to desired outcomes?
To understand the politics of public affairs, it can be helpful to understand what motivates people who work in and around politics. Is it party, ideology, public opinion, the laws or the Constitution, personality, or a combination of these factors? During the semester, we will examine these, and other, factors and discuss to what extent they help us understand real-world policy issues and outcomes.
About the instructor:
Henriët grew up in the Netherlands and moved to the United States in 2003 for her graduate studies in political science at the University of Minnesota. She currently works as a research and management consultant within Minnesota state government. Prior to that, Henriët worked for the Minnesota House of Representatives as a non-partisan analyst in the Fiscal Analysis Department. She also held positions as an assistant professor at St. Olaf College (MN) and Susquehanna University (PA), where she taught courses on American politics, campaigns and elections, public opinion, and research methods.
- Grading:
- The course grade will be based on class participation (10%), three short writing assignments (25% each), and a group presentation (15%).
- Class Format:
- Discussion and lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58255/1193
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hend0402_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2018
Fall 2018 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (24304)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- PA 4997 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (56 of 69 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- If you do not meet the Enrollment Requirements, please contact Lea Chittenden to be put on the waiting list (chit0018@umn.edu). http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ljacobs+PA5012+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/24304/1189
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2018.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_PA5012_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 April 2017
Spring 2018 | PA 5012 Section 002: The Politics of Public Affairs (54957)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Thu 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-126
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hend0402+PA5012+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54957/1183
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hend0402_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
Fall 2017 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (21239)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- PA 4997 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- If you do not meet the Enrollment Requirements, please contact Lea Chittenden for a permission number (chit0018@umn.edu). http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ljacobs+PA5012+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21239/1179
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_PA5012_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 April 2017
Spring 2017 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (55293)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management L-126
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbsoss+PA5012+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Our challenge in this course is to get serious about questioning and sharpening the political perspectives we bring to bear on our work. All too often, our beliefs about politics are based on little more than civics-book platitudes, cynical clichés, and the commonsense views that prevail in our particular social circle. The purpose of this course is to unsettle such beliefs and invite students to think more critically and systematically about how to approach the political dimensions of their work. If you expect most of your future work to be technical - and therefore, "not political" - I'm especially hopeful that you will find opportunities in this course to question that assumption, as well as the politics that underlie it.
- Learning Objectives:
- This semester, we will work to develop a variety of political perspectives on public policy and public affairs. Toward these ends, we will organize our work around four concepts that guide any well-specified understanding of politics: power, institutions and organizations, discourse, and citizenship. We will ask how these elements of politics may be understood, how they operate in practice, why they matter, how they limit and enable political action, and how they can be engaged and navigated effectively.
- Grading:
- 20% Class participation
80% Major Writing Assignments
- Power (20%)
- Institutions (20%)
- Political Discourse (20%)
- Democratic Citizenship (20%)Your grade will depend, first and foremost, on the ways you engage, explain, critique, and apply ideas from our readings and class discussions. - Class Format:
- Discussion and Lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55293/1173
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 February 2017
Spring 2017 | PA 5012 Section 002: The Politics of Public Affairs (69383)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbsoss+PA5012+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Our challenge in this course is to get serious about questioning and sharpening the political perspectives we bring to bear on our work. All too often, our beliefs about politics are based on little more than civics-book platitudes, cynical clichés, and the commonsense views that prevail in our particular social circle. The purpose of this course is to unsettle such beliefs and invite students to think more critically and systematically about how to approach the political dimensions of their work. If you expect most of your future work to be technical - and therefore, "not political" - I'm especially hopeful that you will find opportunities in this course to question that assumption, as well as the politics that underlie it.
- Learning Objectives:
- This semester, we will work to develop a variety of political perspectives on public policy and public affairs. Toward these ends, we will organize our work around four concepts that guide any well-specified understanding of politics: power, institutions and organizations, discourse, and citizenship. We will ask how these elements of politics may be understood, how they operate in practice, why they matter, how they limit and enable political action, and how they can be engaged and navigated effectively.
- Grading:
- 20% Class participation
80% Major Writing Assignments
- Power (20%)
- Institutions (20%)
- Political Discourse (20%)
- Democratic Citizenship (20%)Your grade will depend, first and foremost, on the ways you engage, explain, critique, and apply ideas from our readings and class discussions. - Class Format:
- Discussion and Lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69383/1173
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 February 2017
Fall 2016 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (21413)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- PA 4490 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-111
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role and behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- PA 5012 will also be offered in Sp17. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ljacobs+PA5012+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21413/1169
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_PA5012_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015)
Spring 2016 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (47283)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 04/17/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 41504/18/2016 - 04/23/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 13504/24/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections. prereq: Major or minor in public policy or [sci, tech, and environ policy] or public affairs PhD or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jbsoss+PA5012+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/47283/1163
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 November 2015
Fall 2015 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (20603)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- PA 4490 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-103
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections. prereq: Major or minor in public policy or [sci, tech, and environ policy] or public affairs PhD or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- PA 5012 will be offered in Sp16. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ljacobs+PA5012+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20603/1159
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2015.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_PA5012_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
Spring 2015 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (47114)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Thu 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections. prereq: Major or minor in public policy or [sci, tech, and environ policy] or public affairs PhD or instr consent
- Class Description:
- The critical issues addressed in public policymaking involve political and moral choices, along with analytic and administrative aspects. What is desirable from the perspective of policy analysis and policy expertise is not always what is legislatively feasible in the face of established institutions and multiple and competing interests and values. The Politics of Public Affairs a course in which these choices?and the core values of public service and good governance informing them?are confronted directly. The purpose of this course is to illuminate the obstacles and opportunities that shape the development of public policy in the United States. Our attention to the values and choices central in policymaking will proceed in three stages. The initial weeks comprise an overview of public policy in the contemporary U.S. The second segment takes up the making of public policy, addressing how complex systems of governance actually function. Along the way we'll trace some of the principal tensions in democratic public policymaking. The third segment addresses policy-making themes and processes in terms of several specific policy areas.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion - Workload:
- 25 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/47114/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 April 2014
Fall 2014 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (21767)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- PA 4490 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Thu 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- A section of PA 5012 will be offered in Sp15.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21767/1149
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_PA5012_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2018.docx (Fall 2018)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ljacobs_monda006_PA5012_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015)
Fall 2014 | PA 5012 Section 002: The Politics of Public Affairs (25963)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 415
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions, citizens, social movements, interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- A section of PA 5012 will be offered in Sp15.
- Class Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25963/1149
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 January 2014
Spring 2014 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (51841)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Thu 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Description:
- The critical issues addressed in public policymaking involve political and moral choices, along with analytic and administrative aspects. What is desirable from the perspective of policy analysis and policy expertise is not always what is legislatively feasible in the face of established institutions and multiple and competing interests and values. The Politics of Public Affairs a course in which these choices?and the core values of public service and good governance informing them?are confronted directly. The purpose of this course is to illuminate the obstacles and opportunities that shape the development of public policy in the United States. Our attention to the values and choices central in policymaking will proceed in three stages. The initial weeks comprise an overview of public policy in the contemporary U.S. The second segment takes up the making of public policy, addressing how complex systems of governance actually function. Along the way we'll trace some of the principal tensions in democratic public policymaking. The third segment addresses policy-making themes and processes in terms of several specific policy areas.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion - Workload:
- 25 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51841/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 April 2014
Spring 2014 | PA 5012 Section 002: The Politics of Public Affairs (56426)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56426/1143
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 January 2014
Fall 2013 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (28120)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Thu 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 15
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/28120/1139
Fall 2013 | PA 5012 Section 002: The Politics of Public Affairs (34160)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34160/1139
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 December 2013
Spring 2013 | PA 5012 Section 001: The Politics of Public Affairs (46840)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Wed 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Description:
- This class will explore how political processes, institutions, and actors shape public policy in the United States. Over the course of the semester, we will consider how political institutions impact policymaking across multiple venues, how formal and informal political actors influence policy development, the emergence of issues on the political agenda, and the use of policy analysis in the policymaking process. We will explore how policies, once enacted, perpetuate or redefine relationships between groups in society and between citizens and government. The goal of the class is to highlight how features of the political system shape policy creation, implementation, and evolution, and to provide opportunities for students to engage with and learn to navigate the political dimensions of policy.
- Grading:
- 70% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
40% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 4 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46840/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 April 2013
Spring 2013 | PA 5012 Section 002: The Politics of Public Affairs (51624)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue 08:15AM - 09:30AMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 2-233
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- This class will be offered in a partially-online format. It will meet once per week on Tuesdays and also online.
- Class Description:
- What is desirable from the perspective of policy analysis and policy expertise is not always what is legislatively feasible in the face of established institutions and multiple and competing interests and values. Although the impetus for pursuing apolitical approaches to making public policy is understandable, it often rests on decision-making models that circumvent or diminish democratic processes and side step critical issues related to political power. The purpose of this course is to illuminate the obstacles and opportunities that shape the development of public policy in the United States.
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
13% Quizzes
15% Written Homework
12% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: Quizzes consist of one question asked at the beginning of class about the week's readings. - Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- 20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations
50% Web Based - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
5 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
3 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: The online component of the course includes viewing a lecture and other videos as well as participating in discussion forums (regarding reactions to the readings and related articles). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51624/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 April 2013
Spring 2013 | PA 5012 Section 003: The Politics of Public Affairs (46839)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46839/1133
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2019.pdf (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jbsoss_PA5012_Spring2016.doc (Spring 2016) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 April 2013
Spring 2013 | PA 5012 Section 004: The Politics of Public Affairs (59492)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 2-233
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
- Class Notes:
- This class will be offered in a partially-online format. It will meet once per week on Tuesdays and also online.
- Class Description:
- What is desirable from the perspective of policy analysis and policy expertise is not always what is legislatively feasible in the face of established institutions and multiple and competing interests and values. Although the impetus for pursuing apolitical approaches to making public policy is understandable, it often rests on decision-making models that circumvent or diminish democratic processes and side step critical issues related to political power. The purpose of this course is to illuminate the obstacles and opportunities that shape the development of public policy in the United States.
- Grading:
- 30% Reports/Papers
13% Quizzes
15% Written Homework
12% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: Quizzes consist of one question asked at the beginning of class about the week's readings. - Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- 20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations
50% Web Based - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
5 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
3 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: The online component of the course includes viewing a lecture and other videos as well as participating in discussion forums (regarding reactions to the readings and related articles). - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59492/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 April 2013
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