Governance Around the World

PMAP 8441 / 4441

August 28, 2025

Plan for today

Who am I and why am I here?
Who are you all and why are you here?
Building our Global Bureaucracy Toolkit^™
How this class works
Things they don’t teach you in college/grad school

Who am I and why
am I here?

Main questions

How do nonprofits work differently in different countries?
How are nonprofits regulated in different countries?
How do the public and nonprofit sectors in different countries shape human rights?

COVID concerns

When wastewater levels are moderate or above, I’ll wear a mask
When they’re lower than that, I’ll sometimes wear a mask

Who are you all and
why are you here?

Name
Where you’re from
Major / concentration
Familiar and unique

Building our
Global
Bureaucracy
Toolkit^™

Bureaucracies matter

Bureaucracies (and this class) are political
Good governance saves lives
Administrative burdens hurt people
We can learn from other countries

Bureaucracies (and this class) are political

Bureaucracies (and this class) are political

Bureaucracies (and this class) are political

Bureaucracies (and this class) are political

Bureaucracies (and this class) are political

Bureaucracies (and this class) are political

Good governance saves lives

https://www.impactcounter.com/dashboard

Good governance saves lives

Other countries know stuff

How this class works

How this class works

Class website + iCollege
Follow the news
Reading report
Check-in and warm-up
Essays
Final project

Break!

Things they don’t teach you in college/grad school

Secret skills

AI and writing
How to read and annotate an article
How to summarize, synthesize, and write about articles
How to discuss an article in a seminar