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bulletIntroductions
bulletReview Syllabus & assignments
bulletAssign teams & cases
bulletPolicy analysis - Art or science?
bulletDefinitions of policy analysis
bulletDevelopment of the field of policy analysis
bulletTeam building exercise
  

Readings

bulletBlackboard Readings
bulletMintrom: 1 - 43, 90 - 174 (Recommended)
bullet Handout - Good advice for young professionals
bullet Handout - Mistakes new managers often make
  

Web Resources

Some of you may be interested in joining professional associations that have large numbers of planners, policy analysts, and decisionmakers as members such as:
bulletAssociation for Public Policy Analysis and Management
bulletAmerican Society of Public Administration
bulletAmerican Planning Association
bulletInternational City/Management Association
bulletPolicy Studies Organization
  

Books of Possible Interest

bulletWildavsky, Aaron. 1979. Speaking Truth to Power: The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company.
bulletMajone, Giandomenico. 1993. Evidence, Argument, and Persuasion in  the Policy Process. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press
bulletHouse, Peter W. and Roger D Shull. 1991. The Practice of Policy Analysis: Forty Years of Art and Technology. Washington, DC: The Compass Press.
bulletFeldman, Martha S.. 1989. Order Without Design: Information Production and Policy Making. Stanford University Press.
bullet Mintrom, Michael. 2003. People Skills for Policy Analysts. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 0-87840-900-9
 

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