Plans, Policies, and Politics

This course will deal with ideas and issues related to planning, policies and politics at this time in the history of the United States. The focus will be on institutions and processes involved in determining planning and policies for American society with attention to the manner in which the debate is framed and determined. Attention will be given to major ideas, issues and conflicts that dominate American society and how these issues are currently being debated. Issues of state and local state politics will be examined as well as national issues.

Fall, Spring

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