Course # 31610 Section Number 6 Day(s) Tu- Th Time(s) 3:30pm-4:50pm Term Winter 2025 Course Instructor Zhaosong Ruan Syllabus Syllabus 1/8/25 Must be a Harris masters student to enroll. No exceptions for non-Harris students, even by consent. This course is intended to introduce students to a set of analytical tools and concepts for understanding how political institutions and political agents generate public policy, and to apply these tools in examining the major institutions of democracy and non-democracy throughout the world. Lessons about political institutions and the policy making process will be understood from the perspective of a policy entrepreneur|that is, an individual or organization that develops strategy in order to advance policy change in legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. Notes Students are required to register for both a lecture (PPHA 31610) and a TA session (PPHA 31612). Attendance at TA sessions is optional for this course. Course Prerequisite Must be a Harris masters student to enroll. Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Winter 2025 Analytical Politics II: Political Institutions Alexander Fouirnaies Tuesday, Thursday 9:30am-10:50am Syllabus Winter 2025 Analytical Politics II: Political Institutions Wioletta Dziuda Tuesday, Thursday 9:30am-10:50am Syllabus Winter 2025 Analytical Politics II: Political Institutions Alexander Fouirnaies Tuesday, Thursday 11:00am-12:20pm Syllabus Winter 2025 Analytical Politics II: Political Institutions Wioletta Dziuda Tuesday, Thursday 11:00am-12:20pm Syllabus Winter 2025 Analytical Politics II: Political Institutions Zhaosong Ruan Tuesday, Thursday 2:00pm-3:20pm Syllabus Winter 2025 Analytical Politics II: Political Institutions Zhaosong Ruan Tuesday, Thursday 3:30pm-4:50pm Syllabus Winter 2025 Analytical Politics II: Political Institutions Alvaro Delgado-Vega Tuesday, Thursday 3:30pm-4:50pm Syllabus Recent News More news Provost Katherine Baicker Appointed Emmett Dedmon Distinguished Service Professor Thu., July 03, 2025 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 Upcoming Events More events 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 Get to Know Harris! A Virtual Information Session Wed., July 09, 2025 | 8:30 AM