Aggressive Policy Enforcement

1.5 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course provides an overview of periods where US policy makers and agencies break with the status quo and move to dramatically change and enforce public policy. Areas of discussion include topics such as civil rights, competition, consumer protection, criminal justice, education, energy, environmental, health and welfare, immigration, labor and employment, and monetary policy. Throughout the course we will focus on practical, real-world examples drawn from current and historical policy debates and learn analytical frameworks for assessing the effectiveness of these potentially transformational changes.