CMC Public Policy Process Course: What Is Public Policy

About the Blog

I shall post videos, graphs, news stories, and other material. We shall use some of this material in class, and you may review the rest at your convenience. I encourage you to use the blog in these ways:

--To post questions or comments about the readings before we discuss them in class;

--To follow up on class discussions with additional comments or questions.

--To post relevant news items or videos.

There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see.

Syllabus is at https://gov116.blogspot.com/2021/08/syllabus-for-public-policy-process-cmc.html

The Structure of Policymaking

Federalism: There were 89,527 governments in the U.S. in 2007, up from 87,576 in 2002. This number includes the federal government, the 50 states, and 89,476 others. The federal government gives a lot of money to state and local governments.

Separation of power: see Statements of Administration Policy.

Bicameralism: conference committees and pingpong.

The private side of government: Contractors and grantees

Subgovernments and policy networks: The Case of Carol Browner

The Instruments of Policy

Law