Overview
Description
Aspects of political life common to such areas as Europe and North America.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Attributes
StandardRepeatable up to 6 credits
Learning Outcomes
- discuss the causes and effects of major institutional structures in democracies of developed nations.
- evaluate institutional design, how and why institutions matter, and the effects they have on policy outcomes of governments.
- discuss and evaluate alternative theoretical perspectives on the problem of social choice in democracies.
- discuss and evaluate problems and policies in the areas of the economy, education, health, welfare, and the environment.