CED 417Power, Conflict, and Community Decision Making

3 credits · Community Environment and Development · Penn State

Community decision making and public choice is the result of collective action among individuals. The purpose of this course is to develop frameworks for analyzing conflict, power, and public choice. This course enables students to understand how culture and institutions affect the nature of human interdependence and behavior, shape patterns of influence and power, and impact community decision making and policy.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “( RSOC 11 or SOC 1 ) and 6 credits of CED”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 4 · Fall (1 program).

Required in (1)

Community, Environment, and Development, B.S.

One of the options in (1)

Ethics, Minor