Governance and Law

We study the distribution of policymaking authority and influence across levels and branches of government; the laws, regulations, and societal outcomes these governance arrangements produce; and the ways those outcomes feed back into the policy process.

Recent Research

All Research
A Framework to Centre Justice in Energy Transition Innovations
Nature Energy
2023
As part of an interdisciplinary team of social scientists, Chris Rea offers a framework to help engineers and practitioners center justice in renewable energy transition innovations.
Same Product, Different Price: Experimental Evidence on the Transaction Cost Expenditures of Selling to Governments and Firms
Public Administration Review
2022
Dean Trevor Brown examines whether governments pay more than firms when contracting.
Who Votes: City Election Timing and Voter Composition
American Political Science Review
2022
Vladimir Kogan studies how moving local elections to the same day as national elections could increase voter turnout and make the electorate more representative.

Governance and Law Studies at the Glenn College

Programs:

Coursework: 

  • 3210 – Civics, Law and Policy
  • 4310 – State and Local Government Finance 
  • 4510 – Law and Public Affairs
  • 5030 – Local Government
  • 5750 – The Business-Government Relationship 
  • 5591 – Lobbying and Government Relations

Programs:

Coursework:

  • 5030 – Local Government
  • 5750 – The Business-Government Relationship 
  • 5591 – Lobbying and Government Relations
  • 6010  – Legal Environment of Public Organizations

The Glenn College doctoral students can specialize in Governance and Law. 

Explore the doctoral program.