GOVT191 CM - Public Policy Since the New Deal

This course will examine the development of American public policy starting with the Great Depression and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. While offering a broad overview of economic and social policy in this era, the course will focus particular attention on the New Deal of the 1930’s, the Great Society of the 1960’s, and the Reagan Revolution of the 1980’s. The course material will also illuminate how policy is the product of the interaction of people, ideas, politics, and events.

Prerequisite: GOVT 020 CM

Offered: Every other year

Credit: 1

Course Number: GOVT191 CM