Inspectors General Program VI - Section B

Orientation
Sunday, November 15, 2009
The Car Barn
3520 Prospect Street, NW
2nd floor, Room 204
3:00pm

PPOL 851-62 The U.S. Policy Process (syllabus .pdf)
November 16-20, 2009
Professor Jason Fichtner
Clarendon Georgetown campus
3101 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA
right across from the Clarendon metro (orange line)
Hotel Information (.pdf)

SECTION B
Required books:
1) Thomas A. Birkland, An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts, and Models of Public Policy Making, 2nd Edition (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2005 - Paperback). [Amazon $30 / Barnes & Noble $30
2) John W. Kingdon, Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies, (Longman Classics Edition, 2001). [Amazon $48 / Barnes & Noble $53]
3) Deborah Stone, Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making, 3rd Edition (New York: W.W. Norton, 2001). [Amazon $42 / Barnes & Noble $44]

2009
PPOL 851-62 U.S. Public Policy Process, Nov. 16-20, 2009
2010
PPOL 852-63 Leadership & Innovation in Public Management, Jan. 25-29, 2010
PPOL 853-63 Public Policy Analysis, Apr. 5-9, 2010
PPOL 855-02 Defense and Foreign Policy, May 24-28, 2010
PPOL 856-01 Public Budgeting and Congressional Oversight, July 26-30, 2010
PPOL 854-63 Ethics and Values in Public Management, Oct. 25-29, 2010
2011
PPOL 857-63 Current Topics in Public Policy, Mar. 7-11, 2011
PPOL 859-63 Capstone Presentations, May 16-20, 2011