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| SPOL2137-2 | Analysis of Public Policies
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Catherine Fallon |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : |
- Part One: A sequential approach to public action.
- Part Two: Integrated approaches into the analysis of public policy:
- Rational choice theory.
- Neo-institutional approaches
- Cognitive approaches
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| Course objective : | Analysis of public policy requires an examination of the mode of government in contemporary societies in order to ask the basic question: "what do governments do, why do they do it and what do they change?" Public administration and the study of public policy are the two sides of the same coin: they principally study the state through its actions, to understand the logic at work in various forms of intervention.
After initial lessons on the "Theory of Public Administration", this course will present the different scientific models which aim to assist in understanding the state in action. This is a multi-disciplinary approach and is not limited to a mobilisation of the models developed by political scientists: some of these models were developed in the context of political sociology, others through the study of organisations or the economy. The models have to be understood in order to be used in policy analysis.
This course aims to help students acquire the knowledge to describe public action, explain the different stages of the processes of production and the establishment of public policies. This does not involve policy analysis, but rather developing the tools for analysis and building theories which enable an approach resting on the separation of facts and values. The necessity of a critical distance implies that we move from analysis for policy to analysis of policy. |
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| Workshops : | Students with 6 ECTS have to make an analysis of a public policy setting as a group work (4 pers): analysis of written sources; interviews of key actors. The group must provide a written report (20-25 pages + appendix, with the interviews in the appendix) by 1/4/2011. There will be an oral presentation by april-may 2011
The choice of the setting is discussed with the teacher.
Students with 3 ECTS present an article during the lecture (as group of 4 pers) : the articles are chosen by the teacher and transmitted one week in advance (two weeks when articles are in english) |
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| Organization : | Lectures will be given for two hours per week. |
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| Written notes : | No course notes. Powerpoint slides will be available to students.
Reference works (available in the library):
- Kübler D, de Maillard J, 2009, Analyser les politiques publiques, 2009, PUG
In addition, a series of articles will be given to students during the lectures, which will constitute the basis of an end of year exam. |
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| Assessment : | Oral exam (20 minutes preparation time) based partly on a theoretical question (grasp of the subject) and partly on a presentation of an article from the reading list. The students can have their personal copy of the articles for the examen.
Students with 3 ECTS: 20% of the evaluation is related to the quality of the oral presentation of the article during the lecture.
Students with 6 ECTS : 40% of the evaluation is related to the quality of the group work (quality of the oral presentation 20%; quality of the gathered information 30%, quality of the analysis 30%) |
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| Contacts : | Teacher: C. FALLON |
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