Course # 30300 Section Number 1 Day(s) M- W Time(s) 3:00pm-4:20pm Term Winter 2025 Specialization Gender and Policy Course Instructor Scott Ashworth Syllabus Syllabus 12/5/24 “Evidence-based policy making” sounds like a slogan everyone can get behind. But its central components, cost-benefit analysis and program evaluation, have each been subject to severe philosophical questioning. Does cost-benefit analysis ignore important ethical concerns? Does program evaluation ignore valuable kinds of knowledge? We will introduce each of these debates, and then take up the question of how evidence-based policy might be reconciled with democratic theory. Class discussion and assignments will consider these topics in the context of specific policy areas, including climate change, discrimination, and education. Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Winter 2025 Philosophical Foundations of Public Policy Scott Ashworth Monday, Wednesday 3:00pm-4:20pm Syllabus Recent News More news Alumni Profile: Daisuke Kageyama, MPP'23 Thu., June 26, 2025 Inside the Machinery of Misinformation: Konstantin Sonin Explores How Authoritarian Regimes Manipulate Minds Wed., June 25, 2025 Rohen Shah, PhD’25, Receives Horowitz Foundation Award for Education Research Tue., June 24, 2025 Upcoming Events More events Civic Leadership Academy 2026 Virtual Information Session Wed., July 02, 2025 | 12:00 PM Harris Summer Mixer in Bogotá Sat., July 05, 2025 | 8:00 PM Andrés DC Cl. 82 #12 -21 Bogotá, DC, 110221 Colombia Harris Summer Campus Visit Mon., July 07, 2025 | 10:00 AM Harris School of Public Policy 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States
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