POL (0158) 326 - Public Administration

Credits: 3.00

Central to the understanding of the making of public policy is the relationship between Congress and the federal and state bureaucracy. Whereas the legislature formulates policy and the executive implements it, both institutions interact in a web of complex formal and informal relationships. Special focus will be on the study of administration and organizational behavior (the centrality of organized human activity) with attention to the Congressional management of agencies and programs, intergovernmental relations, budgetary processes, regulatory practices, and federalism.

Distribution Requirement Social Sciences