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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Spring 2024 |
Registration ID | POLSB339001 |
Course Title | Bureaucracy & DemocracyAmerica |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Environmental Studies |
Instructor | Golden,Marissa Martino |
Times and Days | W 02:10pm-04:00pm
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Room Location | DAL212A |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2745 This course is an upper-level seminar designed primarily for juniors and seniors who want to spend the Semester reading about and discussing the role of the federal bureaucracy in the U.S. political system. Topics will include the history of the federal bureaucracy, the bureaucratic policymaking process & administrative law, the roles of expertise and politics in agency decision-making, the competition among the three constitutional branches to control the bureaucracy, and the normative goals of competence, responsiveness and representativeness. Discussion of current events - including the federal governments response to COVID and the role of race in public administration - will be a central part of the seminar. Attention will also be paid and assignments oriented towards - preparing students for the Senior Experience. Haverford: B: Analysis of the Social World (B), Social Science (SO) |
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