Student Guidelines for Participation in Recitations (PDF)
Several recitation readings are from Stone, Deborah. Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2001. ISBN: 0393976254.
Recitations table.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| R1 |
September 11th Victim's Compensation Fund Case Study (PDF) |
Stone, Deborah. "Equity," and "Efficiency." Chapters 2 and 3 in Policy Paradox.
Press releases: "September 11th Compensation Fund Regulations Announced," and "Spitzer Criticizes DOJ Regulations on September 11th Victim Compensation Fund." (PDF)
Hadfield, Gillian K. "The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: 'An Unprecedented Experiment in American Democracy.'" University of Southern California. University of Southern California Legal Studies Working Paper Series. Working Paper 3, May 2005. (Focus on sections I-III.)
Background Web site
Voices of September 11th
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| R2 |
Discussion of Stone Through the News: Equity and Efficiency (PDF) |
Stone, Deborah. "Equity," and "Efficiency." Chapters 2 and 3 in Policy Paradox.
Spector, Michael. "Uganda AIDS Vaccine Test: Urgency Affects Ethics Rules." New York Times, October 1, 1998.
Pollack, Andrew. "In Drug Research, Some Guinea Pigs Are Now Human." New York Times, August 4, 2004.
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| R3 |
Discussion of Stone Through the News: Security and Liberty (PDF) |
Stone, Deborah. "Security," and "Liberty." Chapters 3 and 4 in Policy Paradox.
Sharkey, Joe. "On the Road: Airport Screeners Could Get X-Rated X-Ray Views." New York Times, May 24, 2005.
Thomson, Bill. "Who does the net think you are?" BBC News, February 20, 2006.
Tibbetts, Janice. "High court to weigh security certificates: Civil liberties at core of three key challenges to anti-terrorism law." The Ottawa Citizen, April 10, 2006.
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| R4 |
Case Study- London Congestion Pricing (PDF) |
Stone, Deborah. Policy Paradox. Chapters 6-15.
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose. "Congestion Charging in London (A): The Western Extension." Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Case Study 1787.0, February 1, 2005.
———. "Congestion Charging in London (B): The Economics of Congestion Tolls." Part B Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Case Study 1788.0, February 1, 2005.
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| R5 |
Discussion of Homework 5 - KIDSNET Case Study (PDF) |
Schlefer, Jonathan. "The KIDSNET Story: Can a Medical-Information System Improve Public Health?" Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, Case Study 1800.0. |
| R6 |
Understanding Systems Thinking (PDF) |
Roos, Dan "Engineering Systems at MIT - The Development of The Engineering Systems Division." MIT Engineering Systems Monograph, 2004. (PDF)
Hastings, Daniel. "The Future of Engineering Systems: Development of Engineering Leaders." MIT Engineering Systems Monograph, 2004. (PDF)
Moses, Joel "Foundational Issues in Engineering Systems." MIT Engineering Systems Monograph, 2004. (PDF)
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