Legislative reforms and proposals to expedite and improve legislative processes are considered and evaluated. The Politics of Presidential Power from Kennedy to Clinton Offered to both undergraduates and graduate students who wish to study the modern presidency from the perspectives of campaigning and governing. The course explores the relationships between the promises made during presidential campaigns and subsequent government action or inaction from the Kennedy to the Clinton administration. The lecture seeks to ground the examination of such issues in a theoretical framework and explore various cases to see how closely theory conforms to history. A hands-on intensive training seminar in campaign skills.
Students learn how to plan, manage, and execute the major elements of a modern campaign.
By the completion of the class, students are able to write a campaign plan, structure a fund-raising effort, hire and work with consultants, plan a media campaign, research and target a district, build volunteer organizations, structure individual voter contact, use survey data, and write press releases. The class culminates in a televised session, which covers various panels concentrating on New York politics. The Legal Environment of Public Policymaking Examination of the legal framework within which public policy is made at the local, state, and national levels. Public Affairs U6229 Comparative Public Policy Introduction to the comparative study of public policy and political institutions. The focus of the course is not on particular countries, but on the comparative study of the political and institutional factors that shape the making of public policy.