Spring 2027

The Private and Public Sectors in Policymaking

Examines the interplay of public and private sectors in policymaking, developing frameworks to understand state-market roles across time and countries.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Understand the history, context, complexity, and limitations of business/government relations in the U.S. and elsewhere

  • Draw on concepts from political science, economics, public administration, business, and other fields to explain why business/government relations fluctuate (both across time and across countries)

  • Use their knowledge of specific policy areas to engage in rational public discourse about the appropriate policymaking “division of labor” between the private sector and the public sector

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PUBAFFR 270

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Historical context of state and market roles
  • Cross-country differences in policymaking division of labor
  • Policy areas including energy, health, telecommunications, finance, and transportation

Skills

  • Developing an analytic framework and historical context for state-market interactions
  • Applying interdisciplinary concepts to explain fluctuations in business/government relations
  • Engaging in rational public discourse on the policymaking division of labor

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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