Schedule spring 2012

18 Jan    

The comparative study of public policy

•  C.Z. Mooney, The public clash of private values, ch 1 in Mooney, ed.
• D.T. Studlar, What constitutes morality policy, ch 3 in Mooney, ed.
• P.A. Pierce & D.E. Miller, Variations in the diffusion of state lottery adoptions, ch 10 in Mooney, ed

25 Jan    

Searching for intelligent life, sex, death: Research tricks of the trade

1 Feb (context report due 8 Feb)

• Constitutional design and policymaking
  Levenbach, Constitutional arrangements (follow the links)
• P. Crowley, Morality policy without politics?, ch 14 in Mooney, ed.
• H.R. Glick & A. Hutchinson, Physician-assisted suicide, ch 4 in Mooney, ed.
• R.A. Brisbin, Jr., From censorship to ratings, ch 6 in Mooney, ed.
• C.Z. Mooney & M-H. Lee, The temporal diffusion of morality policy, ch 11 in Mooney, ed.

8 Feb      

Normative theories of control and liberty

• J.S. Mill.  1859. On liberty.  Chaps. 1, 4, 5.
• P. Selznick.  1987.  The idea of a communitarian morality, California Law Review, 75: 445-463
• N. McAfee.  2009.  Feminist political philosophy, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, E.N. Zalta, ed.
• K.J. Meier, Drugs, sex, and rock and roll, ch 2 in Mooney, ed.
• K.B. Smith, Clean thoughts and dirty minds, ch 12 in Mooney, ed.

22 Feb (divorce report due 29 Feb)

Policymaking on divorce

•  M. Rheinstein.  1953.  Trends in marriage and divorce law of western countries, Law and Contemporary Problems 18: 3-19
•  S. Coltrane & M. Adams.  2003. The social construction of the divorce "problem," Family Relations 52: 363-372
•  P.J. Fabrizio, Evolving into morality politics, ch 5 in Mooney, ed.

7 Mar (contraception/abortion report due 14 Mar)  

Policymaking on contraception and abortion

• S. Singh, et al.  2009. Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress. New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2009
•   Y. Yishai.  1993.  Public ideas and public policy: Abortion politics in four democracies, Comparative Politics 25: 207-228
•   B. Norrander & C. Wilcox, Public opinion and policymaking in the states, ch 9 in Mooney, ed.
•   I. Mylchreest, Avoiding the issue down under, ch 15 in Mooney, ed.

28 Mar (homosexualty/gay marriage report due 4 Apr)   

Policymaking on homosexuality and same-sex marriage

•  D.P. Haider-Markel, Morality in Congress, ch 7 in Mooney, ed.

11 Apr (recreational drug use report due 18 Apr)

Policymaking on recreational drug use

• R. MacCoun et al. 1996.  Assessing Alternative Drug Control Regimes, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management  15: 330-52.

30 Apr (assisted suicide forecast due 30 Apr)

4 May @ 5:30 pm

Terminal seminar meeting