PUBPOL 902
The Political Economy of Policymaking
Mallory Elizabeth SoRelle
Description from DukeHub
The Political Economy of Policymaking introduces students to normative and political frameworks for evaluating public policies and governance processes. The course draws on theories from political science, political economy, economics, and other social science disciplines to provide students theoretical and analytical tools to understand the political economy of the policy process. The course will pay particular attention to the political and institutional dynamics shaping the evaluation of policy problems and solutions, theories of policy stability and change, mass and elite influence on policymaking, bureaucracy, and policy implementation, and the feedback effects of public policies. Consent of department required.
Skills
- policy and lawdescription: "policies" and 6 more
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "policies"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 10 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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