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Catherine Bertini
Assistant Professor, Public Administration
346 Eggers Hall
x1341
Email:
cbertini@maxwell.syr.edu
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Session Information
Date(s): Monday, Nov 5 [Time
3:00PM-6:00PM]
220 Eggers Hall, Public Events Room
Topic:
Challenges of UN Management Reform
Synopsis of Presentation:
TBA
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Arthur
Brooks
Associate Professor,
Public Administration
426 Eggers Hall
x3719
Email:
acbrooks@maxwell.syr.edu
Web
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Session Information
Date(s): Monday, Oct 8 [Time
1:00PM-4:00PM]
Topic:
Non Profit Management
Synopsis of Presentation:
The
nonprofit/nongovernmental sector is a large and growing part of the
economies of many countries. Nonprofit administration requires knowledge
of subjects unique to this sector: the structure of the industry, the
practical effects of nonprofit tax status, and the relationship with
government, to name a few. This seminar will provide a basis of
knowledge on these issues for nonprofit practitioners and government
officials.
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Renee De Nevers
Assistant Professor, Public Administration
215 Eggers Hall
x7093
Email:
rdenever@maxwell.syr.edu
Web
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Session Information
Date(s): Wednesday, Oct 31 [Time
9:00AM-12:00AM]
Topic:
International Security Policy
Synopsis of Presentation:
This session will examine some of the central issues in international
security. We will pay particular attention to the causes and
consequences of the spread of nuclear weapons. The danger presented by
these weapons remains one of the central concerns in international
security. At the same time, serious questions have been raised about the
ability of the international non-proliferation regime to address this
problem. We will analzye the case "India's Nuclear Tests: The
Consequences for International Security" to examine the national and
international issues involved.
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Thomas Dennison
Program
Advisor, Health Service
426 Eggers Hall, Syracuse
x9060
Email:
thdennis@maxwell.syr.edu
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Session Information
Date(s): Tuesday, Oct 16 [Time
1:00PM-4:00PM]
Topic:
Balancing the Role of Government in the Health Sector
Synopsis of Presentation:
Health systems around the world are a complex blend of public and
private financing and delivery. India’s health system is no exception.
India spends comparatively little of its GDP on health care compared to
developed countries with spending hovering around 5% of GDP through the
1990s and the proportion of public spending only 20% of the total.
Affordability of care is a problem for many, particularly in the rural
areas. India’s health system is a mix of public and private delivery of
care. The regulatory system in India is evolving.
The health care needs of the population are great. Programs for
expansion of public spending are part of the national health agenda. One
of the challenges governments face is choosing where to spend money in
the face of competing demands. These choices involve program decisions
(which health priorities should be funded) and decisions about the role
of the government, the for-profit sector and the civil society. If
non-governmental organizations and the private sector figure largely,
how are they regulated?
The first three articles in the readings provide some background on the
Indian Health Care System. The next two articles look at some of the
issues related to public/private balance. The following article
introduces a framework within which some of the policy questions
associated with choosing a direction can be considered. The readings
conclude with a commentary that explores the issue of how much a nation
should spend on health care.
The session will begin with a discussion of the health care system in
India. We will develop goals for the increased investment that is on the
horizon. We will continue by introducing a framework for decision making
and finally outline an agenda for allocation of funds in the future.
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William Duncombe
Professor, Public Administration
426 Eggers Hall
x9040
Email:
duncombe@maxwell.syr.edu
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Session Information
Date(s): Tuesday, Oct 9 [Time
2:00PM-5:00PM]
Topic:
Financing Infrastructure in Subnational Governments
in the US
Synopsis of Presentation:
Subnational governments in the U.S. are responsible for financing,
construction, and maintaining most of the public infrastructure in the
country, which imposes significant financial burdens on American
sub-national governments. The presentation will discuss the
infrastructure responsibilities of subnational governments for
infrastructure, the advantages and disadvantages for subnational
management and finance of infrastructure, the capital planning process
in subnational governments, and the types of financing mechanisms used
by subnational governments.
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Catherine Gerard
Associate Director,
Executive Education Programs and
Co-Director, PARC
219 Maxwell Hall
x3841
Email:
cmgerard@maxwell.syr.edu
Web
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Session Information
Date(s):
Tuesday, Nov 6
[Time 2:30PM-5:30PM]
Topic:
From Policy to Implementation
Synopsis of Presentation:
The theme of the session is implementing change, specifically
a new policy. The first set of materials will explore how people react
to change and lessons for managers in anticipating resistance to new
idea and in managing implementation. The second part of the session will
look at change from a political frame and provide managers with tools
for understanding and using power more effectively. The session will be
case-driven.
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Leonard Lopo
Assistant Professor, Public Administration
426 Eggers Hall
x9040
Email:
lmlopoo@maxwell.syr.edu
Web
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Session Information
Date(s):
Wednesday, Oct 17
[Time 1:00PM-4:00PM]
Topic:
US Poverty and Social Welfare Policies
Synopsis of Presentation:
The theme of this session is poverty and social welfare
policy in the United States. We will define poverty in the United
States, discuss explanations for poverty, and describe the social
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John McPeak
Assistant Professor,
Public Administration
336 Eggers Hall
x6146
Email:
jomcpeak@maxwell.syr.edu
Web |
Session Information
Date(s): Thursday, Nov 1
[Time 1:00PM-4:00PM]
Topic: Economic Perspectives on Poverty
Synopsis of Presentation:
This presentation introduces commonly used measures of poverty, and
illustrates their application. Particular emphasis is placed on the
use of the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke measure, in which the commonly used
headcount ratio and the normalized poverty gap measures are nested.
Recent work from a poverty mapping exercise in Kenya is presented to
illustrate how such measures can be used to identify spatial differences
in poverty. We then turn to the growing field of the dynamics of
poverty, with a focus on the presence of poverty traps. We begin by
considering recent work from India that investigates the dynamics of
poverty for 35 north Indian villages over the past 25 years. We move to
recent concepts that illustrate the dynamics of poverty, and contrast
income based poverty measures with asset based poverty measures.
Finally, we move to the policy implications, where we discuss policies
that can be used to prevent household from falling into poverty and
policies that help households escape poverty.
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Devashish Mitra
Professor, Chair Economics
110 Eggers Hall
x3612
Email:
dmitra@maxwell.syr.edu
Web
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Session Information
Date(s):
TBA
Topic: TBA
Synopsis of Presentation:
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John Palmer
Dean Emeritus and
Professor of Economics
306 Eggers Hall
x 9439
Email:
jlpalmer@maxwell.syr.edu
Web |
Session Information
Date(s): Wednesday, Oct 10 [Time
1:00PM-4:00PM]
Topic:
Democracy as Destiny? The Challenges of Worldwide Population Aging
Synopsis of Presentation:
Due to a combination of
rapidly rising life expectancies and declining birthrates, the world’s
population is expected to age overall at an unprecedented rate over the
first half of this century -- with the population of labor force age
actually declining in many currently higher income countries – thus
subjecting nations around the globe to extraordinary economic, political
and social challenges. This session will provide an overview of the
prospective dimensions of this “demographic revolution” and the issues
it is likely to raise for both economically ‘developed’ and ‘developing’
countries, as well as for the international community at large.
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David Popp
Assistant Professor,
Public Administration
400B Eggers Hall
x 2482
Email:
dcpopp@maxwell.syr.edu
Web |
Session Information
Date(s): Monday, Oct 15 [Time
1:00PM-4:00PM]
Topic:
US Air Pollution Policy
Synopsis of Presentation:
I. Setting standards – what should the
goals of environmental policy be?
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Efficiency standards vs. health-based standards
II. Types of Policies: Command and Control
vs. Market-Based Mechanisms
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Implementation issues
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Comparison of policy types
III. Administrative issues
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Enforcement & compliance
IV. Examples from U.S. air pollution
regulation:
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Command and Control: The 1970 (& 1977) U.S. Clean Air Act
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Market-based policy: The market for sulfur dioxide (SO2)
permits
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Policy Issues: When are market mechanisms likely to be successful? Will
they work in developing countries?
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Al Roberts
Associate Professor, Public
Administration
306 Eggers
Hall
(315) 345-1216
Web |
Session Information
Date(s): Thursday, Oct 18 [Time
9:00AM-4:30PM]
Topic:
Privatization and Contract Management
Synopsis of Presentation:
Lecture and discussion will examine the following issues:
Social and political pressures for greater governmental openness. The
design and operation of right to information laws. Typical patterns of
use of right to information laws. Difficulties in administering such
laws. Conditions under which right to information laws are likely to be
effective in protecting citizen rights or improving government
operations. Recent debates over the reform of right to information laws
in the United States and Commonwealth countries.
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Ross Rubinstein
Associate Professor of Public
Administration
426 Eggers Hall
x3832
Email:
rrubenst@maxwell.syr.edu
Web |
Session Information
Date(s): Thursday, Oct 11 [Time
1:00PM-4:00PM]
Topic: Education Policy and Recent Reform Efforts in the United States
Synopsis of Presentation:
· Background
on U.S. education system
· Issues
and problems in U.S. public education
· Recent
reform initiatives:
· Finance
reform
· Governance
reform
· Improving
performance: the role of incentives and accountability
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International relevance of
U.S. experience |
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Larry Schroeder
Professor, Public Administration
334 Eggers Hall
x2596
Email: ldschroe@maxwell.syr.edu
Web
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Session Information
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Date:
Wednesday, Oct 3 [Time 2:30PM-5:30PM] Topic:
Policy Analysis - The Rationalist Approach
Synopsis of Presentation:
The “rationalist”
approach to policy analysis argues that market failures (e.g.,
externalities, imperfect competition, undesirable distributions of
income, etc.) are the underlying rationale for public policies but
that, in designing such policies, the limits of government
intervention must also be recognized. The session will review these
issues, consider briefly the sorts of policy instruments that are
available and will illustrate how they can and are used by a wide
variety of stakeholders in influencing policy outcomes.
| David L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining,
Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practices (4th ed.)
Chapters 2, 13 and 14.
Evert Verdung, “Policy Instruments:
Typologies and Theories,” Chapter 1 in Carrots, Sticks
and Sermons, Edited by Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc,
Ray C. Rist and Evert Verdung.
Please also view these tables:
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Date: Thursday, Oct 4
[Time 1:00PM-4:00PM]
Topic: Decentralization Policy in Developing Countries
Synopsis of Presentation:
Many countries, including India, are currently engaged in policies
intended to devolve decision-making powers to local governments. This
session will review what is known about the efficacy of such policies
including the role that intergovernmental transfers play in determining
policy outcomes. A secondary objective of the session will be to provide
some perspective on the role of sub-national governments in the United
States.
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David Van Slyke
Assistant Professor,
Public Administration and
Senior Research Associate
Campbell Public Affairs Institute
The Maxwell School at Syracuse University
320 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
315-443-8840 / Fax: 315-443-9734
vanslyke@maxwell.syr.edu |
Session Information
Date(s): Thursday, Oct 18 [Time
9:00AM-4:30PM]
Topic:
Privatization and Contract Management
Synopsis of Presentation:
In
this session participants will learn about the range of privatization
activities taking place in the United States at the federal, state, and
local levels for a range of programs and services using a number of
different privatization mechanisms (contracts, vouchers, franchises)
across a range of institutional actors (private/for-profit,
nonprofit/nongovernmental, and intermunicipal/intergovernmental service
provision agreements). In addition, a discussion will take place about
the different phases of contract management and their importance in
terms of oversight and accountability. |
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Jeremy Shiffman
Associate Professor of Public Administration
Senior Research Associate
Campbell Public Affairs Institute
The Maxwell School at Syracuse University
320 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
315-443-8840 / Fax: 315-443-9734
jrshiffman@maxwell.syr.edu |
Session Information
Date(s): Wednesday, Oct 31 [Time
1:00PM-4:00PM]
Topic:
Population Policy in the Developing World
Synopsis of Presentation:
The Health and Population Policy presentation will concern the
evolution of population policy in developing countries from World War
Two to the present. It will highlight the role of donors, the impact of
national family planning programs in shaping fertility and contraceptive
access, and the challenge to the population control paradigm that
emerged from reproductive health advocates in the 1990s. |
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