(POSC 318) Federal and Decentralized Government
At the center of effective governance is the issue of scale (big versus small). Should governmental power be placed at the center of a single, big entity or disbursed to smaller entities? We will examine how centralized vs. decentralized power impacts aspects of government such as democratic rule, corruption, and government spending.
| Credit hours | 3.0 lecture |
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| Prerequisites | None |
| Offered | Spring |
| Programs | Political Science Minor, Political Science (BA) |
Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe the institutions that facilitate centralized and decentralized governance and how these both empower and constrain government;
- Explain how scale affects effective and good governance, specifically in relation to the values of liberty, justice, democracy, stability, diversity, legitimacy, impartiality, transparency, and public policy;
- Develop skills of analysis and problem solving to assess governance and policy and provide solutions, this requires perceiving problems, finding the cause(s), and developing workable solutions.