political science

core curriculum initially consisted of eight required core courses: two semesters of economic analysis, two semesters of statist ...

us by the fact that the School had a mid-career program that attracted experienced public oYcials, and what they came expecting ...

A special feature of Harvard is that its most sacred and ancient principle maintains ‘‘ETOB:’’ every tub on its own bottom. Acco ...

University. A new school should not aspire to duplicate these strengths but rather to mobilize and focus them on important quest ...

too easily into inept and abusive practices. How then, can we hope to develop more responsible government? SigniWcant progress m ...

The story of government initiatives of the past decade has too often been one of unintended and unanticipated negative consequen ...

programs, and problem-solving research centers. It is worth noting that when IWrst drew this chart, it was more in the realm of ...

which the School can take credit. The Kennedy School took a page from that book and recruited the best students possible, while ...

in the twentieth century, with the discovery of penicillin, were great leaps forward made. What relevance could this have for sc ...

University’s premier location for public debates each evening. Seating 750 ,inacross between a New England town meeting hall and ...

Blunt,B.E. 1988. Development in public administration pedagogy: 1880 to the present. Pp. 601 31inHandbook of Public Administrati ...

Rothwell,C.E. 1951. Foreword. Pp. vii xi inThe Policy Sciences, ed. H. D. Lasswell and D. Lerner. Palo Alto, Calif.: Stanford Un ...

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I call ‘‘grand policies’’ which aim at massive effects on the future. Grand policies consist of various combinations of single c ...

modern democratic politics often pushes rulers in the direction of subordinating policy to politics and marketing, with rulers o ...

2. Tragic choices between meeting present needs as against trying to take care of future generations, including coping with the ...

. Logical and behavioral contradictions between values. . Sensitivity testing to identify and clarify value choices and goal pri ...

competition and also conflict with peers, advisers, organizations, and societies. The freedom of innovation enjoyed by a great c ...

4. Political and personal cycles, to assure sufficient time for a grand policy to have a meaningful impact. For most grand polic ...

well-considered governmental, selective, and carefully considered interventions with historical processes have a good chance to ...