88-358 Policy Making Institutions Units: 9.0 Department: Social & Decision Sci. Prerequisites: 88-104 Notes: Some seats are reserved for students in SDS. Related URLs: http://hss.cmu.edu/HTML/departments/sds/ This course examines how policies and institutions result from the political process and focuses on decision-making and strategic interaction in the U.S. Congress and Supreme Court. Rational choice theory provides a framework for understanding how policy choices of legislators and justices are shaped by their motivations and policy preferences, are constrained in the short-term by institutions and other political actors, and in the long-run determine the characteristics of institutions. Current political events and public policies are discussed in light of the theoretical perspectives, and students gain additional insights by participating in a simulated legislature.

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