Duration
30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- Part One: A sequential approach to public action.
- Part Two: Integrated approaches into the analysis of public policy:
- introduction to multilevel policy analysis
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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 both 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, with developing the tools for analysis and building theories which enable an approach resting on the separation of facts and values with a critical distance
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Co-requisite :
SPOL2333-A-a
Méthodologie et analyse des politiques publiques (pratique), 30h Pr
Only necessary for the studens in Law/Political Sciences.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
This part is theoretical : it is based on the presentation of concepts (with reference to a book) and on the readings of scientific articles (in French or in English)
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
face to face
Seminars are also organised to support the lecture of scientific texts
Recommended or required readings
Kübler D, de Maillard J, 2009, Analyser les politiques publiques, 2009, PUG, (available in bibliothèque Graulich)
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Slides are available via My ULg
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a list of scientific papers is constituted during the semestre and made available to the students via My ULg
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examen
On the basis of the presentation and comments of a text (one of the paper presented during the lectures) selected by chance.
The professor then asks questions on different parts of the lectures (on the basis of the manual) : the student should be able to explain main concepts and theories and to provide examples
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Professor :
catherine.fallon@ulg.ac.be
Assistant :
Aline.thiry@ulg.ac.be