Public Policy Formulation and Practice (GMA-P269)

Spring 2025 · GMA P269 · Tufts University · 1.5 credits · Undergraduate

Examines how public policies are designed, implemented, and evaluated. This course explores both the theory and practice of the policy process with the level of analysis being at the national level and including comparative analysis in a global context. The course provides a conceptual framework for creating public policies and uses real cases of policies from different settings and contexts from the real-world public challenges - such as climate change housing, public health, digital transformation- in order to build skills of framing the values behind policy design decisions, examining the root causes of policy problems, stakeholder engagement, developing policy recommendations based on evidence and analysis, and evaluating policy solutions from diverse stakeholder perspectives.

Course codes: GMA-P269

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