How does the GSPP program treat the political dimensions of public policy?
The School believes that to be effective in the policy world, the evaluation of policy choices should take closely into account the political setting for the making and implementation of policy. To have significant impact, an analyst of policy options often must go beyond technical competence and include sensitivity to the political environment of the policy issue and of the client. Hence the GSPP program stresses such concerns as the political feasibility of policy alternatives, value and ideological conflicts, and the dynamics of organizational behavior as they affect policy implementation. Useful preparation for GSPP’s core curriculum would include some familiarity with microeconomics, the American political process, statistics, and computers. One of the core courses is a full year’s work in economics which assumes some knowledge of calculus. Entering students without that knowledge or who want to refresh their applied mathematical skills are urged to take an intensive brush-up cour
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