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This course will develop an understanding of the complexity of the American federal system and how it affects policy making, fiscal relations, and policy management, will develop an understanding of the complexity of government programs in terms of the participation of agencies and actors from all three levels of government, the nonprofit sector, and the private sector, develop an understanding of bureaucratic politics and how politics affects policy design, decision making, program implementation, and administration, develop an understanding of the current debate over the role of government in American society and the importance of individual responsibility and develop an understanding of the administrative processes involved in managing major environmental hazards and disasters.
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