POLS 206 - State and Local Government

1. Explain the ideological and structural inputs into policy making at the state and local level.
2. Identify and explain the basic theories used by political science to understand political behavior and political culture in state and local politics.
3. Choose and apply relevant theory and data to an analysis of contemporary issues and policies.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of political institutions and processes at the state and local levels of government, the process through which state and local public policy is made, the shifting relationships between government at the federal, state, and local level, and the institutions, political cultures, and processes of Washington state.