Week11 (IIIa): What Wins. Starting on Politics.

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What is the point of this week (The goals)

The point of the week is to start on the final section of the course. After reviewing where we have gotten to in the course so far--what's wrong and what might work to fix it--we will finally getting the final question: what can we do to make it a reality. In other words, what wins. this is the question of politics. We will pursue this topic through to the end of the year at several levels: general advice, specific application of that advice around questions such as polarization and your own Agency Project ideas.

Why learn this? (The reasons)

It's not enough to have a good idea. You nearly always need to convince people to help you implement that idea. That kind of persuasion is really difficult. One of the first things that you need to do is to figure out who can do something about it. That's going to be the challenge for the week.

**What should you do before class? (The reading)**

For Monday, please read the following two chapters from Graham and Hand's book America: The Owner's Manual on how to find and influence the right people when you move from policy to politics!:

Graham and Hand-America The Owner's Manual-Chapters 3 and 5.pdf Download Graham and Hand-America The Owner's Manual-Chapters 3 and 5.pdf(not yet annotated)

What should you hand in this week? (The assignment)

On Friday March 21st, the Agency Project Part 4 (PS1000 Agency Project, Part 4: Explore Your Solutions) will be due. The full instructions are in the Assignment link but the basic idea is to narrow down your policy solution based on the feedback I hope to give over break and get ready to figure out how to move forward on this.

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