December 14, 2020
Although the novel COVID-19 virus has wreaked havoc worldwide, with enormous losses of life and widespread economic instability, it has led to more creative problem-solving than ever before.
Early on, Watson Institute Research Professor J. Nicholas Ziegler realized that, “despite its threats, the pandemic represented a perfect example of comparative research design for public policy, as the same challenges were affecting countries around the world.” He therefore sought to engage students at several levels in his effort to develop a new and highly relevant teaching case for his required MPA Fall course, “The Politics of Policymaking in Comparative Perspective.”