Synthesis Paper

Readings:

• Hudson, W. E. (2017). American democracy in peril: Eight challenges to America’s future (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Chapter 6, “The Sixth Challenge: The ‘Privileged Position’ of Business” (pp. 219-256)
  • Chapter 8, “The Eighth Challenge: The National Security State” (pp. 301-348)
• Shafritz, J. M., Lane, K. S., & Borick, C. P. (Eds.). (2005). Classics of public policy. New York, NY: Pearson Education.
  • Chapter 5, “The Political Economy of Public Policy”
    • Capitalism and Freedom (1962) (pp. 185–189)
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. (2006). Don’t be a prisoner to empty promises: Prison privatization: The five empty promises. Retrieved from http://www.afscme.org/news-publications/publications/privatization/pdf/Prison-1.pdf
• Clemmitt, M. (2012, July 13). Privatizing the military. CQ Researcher, 22(25), 597–620. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Hacker, J. S., & Pierson, P. (2010). Winner-take-all politics: Public policy, political organization, and the precipitous rise of top incomes in the United States. Politics & Society, 38(2), 152–204. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Kosar, K. R. (2006). Privatization and the federal government: An introduction. CRS Report for Congress (Order Code RL33777). Retrieved from http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33777.pdf  
• Milward, H. B., Provan, K. B. (2000). Governing the hollow state. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 10(2), 359–379. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education (NCSPE). (n.d.) Information resources. Retrieved September 3, 2014, from http://ncspe.org/info-res.php  

Media

• Sandel, M. (Speaker). (2013). Why we shouldn’t trust markets with our civic life. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_sandel_why_we_shouldn_t_trust_markets_with_our_civic_life
• Hudson, W. E. (2017). American democracy in peril: Eight challenges to America’s future (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Chapter 3, “The Third Challenge: Radical Individualism” (pp. 103-135)
  • Chapter 7, “The Seventh Challenge: Economic Inequality” (pp. 257-300)
• Shafritz, J. M., Lane, K. S., & Borick, C. P. (Eds.). (2005). Classics of public policy.New York, NY: Pearson Education.
  • Chapter 4, “Agenda Setting”
    • Up and Down with Ecology: The Issue-Attention Cycle (1972) (pp. 137–147)
• Anderson, K. (2012, July 3). The downside of liberty. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/opinion/the-downside-of-liberty.html