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| SPOL2314-1 | Comparative analysis of public policies
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 1st year |  | Second semester |  | 5 |
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| Master in European Studies, Professional focus, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 5 |
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| Master in Political Sciences : International Relations, Professional focus, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 1st year |  | Second semester |  | 5 |
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| Master in Political Sciences : General, Professional focus , 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques et société, 1st year |  | Second semester |  | 5 |
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| Master in Public Administration, Professional focus, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 1st year |  | Second semester |  | 5 |
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| Holder(s) : | Catherine Fallon |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The course will cover recent theories of the comparative approaches in public policy analysis :
- reflexivity in comparative analysis
- comparative analysis at international level; at european level;
- methodologies : constructing comparability of analysis. |
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| Course objective : | Develop a critical and methodological comeptence through comparative analysis |
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| Workshops : | Students have to analyse within a given sector of public policy a series of rapports of comparative analysis : they have to produce a 5 pages written document with a critical presentation of the methodologies mobilised. |
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| Organization : | lectures are organised during the 2d semestre, on the basis of a series of articles and texsts (in French and English)
Details concerning the lectures and the personal work will be provided during the introductory course. |
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| Written notes : | A series of articles
the slides used during the lectures will be made available |
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| Assessment : | oral examination : a discussion on the basis of the written report of the personal work; a question on the elements covered during the lectures (restitution) on basis of the reading file.
50% of the final evalution will be based on the personal work |
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| Contacts : | catherine.fallon@ulg.ac.be |
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