politics

  1. Coursera

    Coursera Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century

    Overview This course introduces class participants to the political significance and societal consequences of challenges facing U.S. and international policymakers. It is designed to help participants develop skills to analyze policy proposals and advocate for their preferred options for issues...
  2. Coursera

    Coursera Moral Foundations of Politics

    Overview When do governments deserve our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? This course explores the main answers that have been given to this question in the modern West. We start with a survey of the major political theories of the Enlightenment: Utilitarianism, Marxism, and the...
  3. edX

    edX Solving Public Policy Problems: UC Berkeley’s Eightfold Path

    Overview Interested in public policy thinking? This course will equip you to utilize a powerful, eight-step method for analyzing public policy problems and formulating recommendations for addressing them. To help you learn the “eightfold path” to problem solving, you will review and enjoy...
  4. edX

    edX Comparative Political Systems

    Overview This course is part of the IPSAMOOC project, a joint venture Federica Weblearning - IPSA, the International Political Science Association If you've ever asked the question, "What is Democracy?" this course is for you. This comparative study of politics covers a wide variety of topics...
  5. edX

    edX Contemporary Issues in World Politics

    Overview This course is part of the IPSAMOOC project, a joint venture Federica Weblearning - IPSA, the International Political Science Association With the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the World Order that had been established after the Second World War began to...
  6. edX

    edX Understanding Political Concepts

    Overview This course is part of the IPSAMOOC project, a joint venture Federica Weblearning - IPSA, the International Political Science Association Political science discourse brings us face to face with many important concepts like authority, democracy, and power. However, all of them are used...
  7. edX

    edX The Supreme Court & American Politics

    Overview The University of Baltimore School of Law and Lyle Denniston, who has been covering the Supreme Court of the United States for over five decades, examine the Court’s interaction with America’s political life. From the founding of a new nation - with the creation of a truly national...
  8. edX

    edX U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies

    Overview Public policy puts laws into action. The executive branch directs the combined activities of the federal government to address a multitude of problems, from the environment to the economy. The policies of the United States affect social issues, economic growth, taxes, regulation, and...
  9. edX

    edX Global Politics

    Overview This course is part of the IPSAMOOC project, a joint venture Federica Weblearning - IPSA, the International Political Science Association The course explores global order and local disorders to explain why International Studies in the West are moving towards a planetary approach to...
  10. edX

    edX U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy

    Overview How do the three branches of government operate? How is power shared among Congress, the president, and the Supreme Court? What role is played by federal agencies that have no direct constitutional authority of their own? In this part of our series on American Government, we will...
  11. edX

    edX Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media

    Overview Public opinion has a powerful yet inexact influence on elected officials. Politicians risk their careers if they ignore it, yet its power is not easy to capture nor quantify. This course will look at how political parties, campaigns, social movements, special interests, and the news...
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