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Stephen Colbert's provocative claims offer a starting point to
consider whether and how to broaden the international perspective within
undergraduate public policy courses and curriculum. This article discusses
whether an absence of international perspectives within public policy
courses should be a concern, considers an alternative framework for
incorporating a broader international perspective into an introduction to
public policy course, and identifies potential assignments and pedagogical
tools. I wish to thank Karen Mossberger and
Frank Lebo for their help in pulling together information used in this
paper.

This article examines how legal institutional structures shaped the process of East German privatization by the Treuhandanstalt. It argues that the courts, as an important venue for oversight and accountability, were central to achieving the rapid and narrowly defined privatization carried out by the agency. Moreover, the experience of privatization after 1989 suggests the courts played a far more important role in shaping economic policy than one would have expected from traditional scholarship on public agencies, the courts, or the German legal system.

Examines relationships between the legal system and the privatization process after 1989 reunification, focusing on role of the public agency Treuhandanstalt.

ABSTRACTAssigning students to draft and publish a Wikipedia contribution is no longer a novelty. The pedagogical benefits from assigning a Wikipedia article vary depending on discipline, lesson plan, and how it is incorporated into the class. This research considers how a Wikipedia assignment can effectively overcome common challenges in teaching controversial topics including peer relations, teacher–student power dynamics, and (mis)perceptions of "the other."