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| Elements of Public Policy -- Science and Technology Policy (426) |
2006 Fall
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| Arizona State University
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Arizona
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Political Science
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| This course examines the institutions and processes of public policy in the United States, with a focus on how those institutions operate for science and technology policy. In particular, we will investigate public policy for nano-scale science and engineering (NSE, or nanotechnology) as a case in point. The class will cover national legislative, executive, and bureaucratic policy making, state-level policy making, and policy processes like agenda-setting, policy selection and choice, and policy implementation and evaluation. The course will have a particular emphasis on issues of framing. Background in science is not required, and introductory texts to nanotechnology will be part of the assigned readings. Students will be challenged with a number of individual writing assignments modeled after professional public policy writing activities, e.g., press releases, hearing testimony, issue briefs, position paper, etc. The class will feature occasional guest speakers from different academic and public policy perspectives.
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| Course Syllabus Website
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Offered as part of a MAJOR in
Science, Technology, and Societal Outcomes
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| Program: CNS-ASU Program
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