PUBLIC SECTOR CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION

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(Slashed with PACS 60042 ) This course examines the many ways that conflict and decision making are made in the public sector. Some methods of public interaction and decision making are familiar and well studied. Others are less so, despite their increasing use in a variety of policy domains and other circumstances. Such is the case with conflict resolution, which is now broadly used across the United States and internationally on multiple levels and by multiple groups with differing aims. This course explores the varied applications of conflict resolution principles to public policy, including negotiated rule making, public sector dispute resolution, mediation, collaborative problem solving, democratic governance, community-based planning and consensus building.