| Political ecosystem: governance vs. government |
| Federalism and determining who gets to set policy |
| Risk assessment: using science to inform decisions but is perception more important than
reality |
| C-B analysis: using economics to inform decisions |
| Garbage-can model of decision making and the importance of argument and persuasion in
the political process |
| Choosing policy instruments: command and control, markets, education, voluntary
programs, grant expenditures, etc. |
| How do you manage the tradeoffs among problems or multiple goals and objectives? |