printer friendly pagePUBLPOL 103A: Introduction to Political Philosophy (ETHICSOC 30, PHIL 30, POLISCI 3)
State authority, justice, liberty, and equality through major works in political philosophy. Topics include human nature and citizenship, the obligation to obey the law, democracy and economic inequality, equality of opportunity and affirmative action, religion, and politics.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas
Instructors:
Hussain, N. (PI)
PUBLPOL 103B: Ethics and Public Policy (MS&E 197, STS 110)
Ethical issues in science- and technology-related public policy conflicts. Focus is on complex, value-laden policy disputes. Topics: the nature of ethics and morality; rationales for liberty, justice, and human rights; and the use and abuse of these concepts in policy disputes. Case studies from biomedicine, environmental affairs, technical professions, communications, and international relations.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
Instructors:
McGinn, R. (PI)
PUBLPOL 103C: Justice (ETHICSOC 171, IPS 208, PHIL 171, PHIL 271, POLISCI 136S, POLISCI 336S, PUBLPOL 307)
Focus is on the ideal of a just society, and the place of liberty and equality in it, in light of contemporary theories of justice and political controversies. Topics include protecting religious liberty, financing schools and elections, regulating markets, assuring access to health care, and providing affirmative action and group rights. Issues of global justice including human rights and global inequality.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Cohen, J. (PI)
PUBLPOL 103D: Ethics and Politics of Public Service (ETHICSOC 133, PHIL 175A, PHIL 275A, POLISCI 133)
Ethical and political questions in public service work, including volunteering, service learning, humanitarian assistance, and public service professions such as medicine and teaching. Motives and outcomes in service work. Connections between service work and justice. Is mandatory service an oxymoron? History of public service in the U.S. Issues in crosscultural service work. Integration with the Haas Center for Public Service to connect service activities and public service aspirations with academic experiences at Stanford.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Reich, R. (PI)
PUBLPOL 104: Economic Policy Analysis (ECON 150, PUBLPOL 204)
The relationship between microeconomic analysis and public policy making. How economic policy analysis is done and why political leaders regard it as useful but not definitive in making policy decisions. Economic rationales for policy interventions, methods of policy evaluation and the role of benefit-cost analysis, economic models of politics and their application to policy making, and the relationship of income distribution to policy choice. Theoretical foundations of policy making and analysis, and applications to program adoption and implementation. Prerequisite:
ECON 50.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR
PUBLPOL 105: Quantitative Methods and Their Applications to Public Policy
Reviews material covered in prerequisites with applications of qualitative independent variable techniques to labor market data. Maximum likelihood estimation and qualitative dependent variable models with an application to voting models. Final papers estimate influence of quantitative and qualitative independent variables on Congressional voting probabilities. Prerequisites:
ECON 102A,B.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Rothwell, G. (PI)
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White, F. (TA)
PUBLPOL 106: Economics of Legal Rules and Institutions (ECON 154, PUBLPOL 206)
Design and consequences of laws, given alternative policy objectives. Welfarist approach to legal policy; deontological perspectives including Kant, Locke, Mill, and Rawls. Economic efficiency and agent rationality, law as mitigation of market and cognitive failures, effects of law on expectations and incentives, balancing costs of type I and type II legal errors. Empirical studies of law's effects. Applications: property, tort, contract, antitrust, discrimination, crime, legal procedure. Examples chiefly from U.S. law, but analytical tools of general applicability. Prerequisite:
ECON 50.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Blyleven, K. (PI)
;
Owen, B. (PI)
;
Blocksom, D. (TA)
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Instructors:
Blyleven, K. (PI)
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Owen, B. (PI)
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Blocksom, D. (TA)
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Hillis, A. (TA)
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Schindel, R. (TA)
PUBLPOL 107: Public Finance and Fiscal Policy (ECON 141)
What role should and does government play in the economy? What are the effects of government expenditure, borrowing, and taxation? Policy topics: budget surpluses/deficits; tax reform; social security, public goods, and externalities; fiscal federalism; public investment; and cost-benefit analysis. Prerequisites: 51, 52.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Boskin, M. (PI)
PUBLPOL 119: Sociology of Terrorism (SOC 109, SOC 209)
Multidisciplinary, including psychology, sociology, political science,and economics. Comparison of terrorist organizations and movements across institutions, places, and times; their motives, tactics, financing, and organization. Guest lecturers. Sources include movies, novels, and research literature.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Meyersson Milgrom, E. (PI)
PUBLPOL 121: Policy and Climate Change
Science and economics, including recent findings. History and evolution of local, state, regional, national, and international policy. California's recent landmark climate change bill. Future policy prospects, emphasizing national and international levels.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Nation, J. (PI)
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