Comparative Analysis of Public Action

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Catherine Fallon

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course will not be organised in 2016-2017.
 
The course is held every odd year (2017-2018, 2019-2020,...). 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.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Develop a critical and methodological comeptence through comparative analysis

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Students have to analyse within a given sector of public policy a series of rapports of comparative analysis : they have to produce a  (max.) 15 pages large written document with a critical presentation of the methodologies mobilised.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

lectures are organised  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.

Recommended or required readings

A series of articles are referenced during the cours on My ULg the slides used during the lectures will be made available via My ULg

Assessment methods and criteria

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

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The course is held every odd year (2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2019-2020,...).

Contacts

catherine.fallon@ulg.ac.be