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
Whether at the local, regional, national or European level, we are confronted on a daily basis with the actions and decisions taken by public authorities. How can we analyse the content and transformations of a public action programme, its genesis, the instruments mobilised and the effects of the programme on the problem to be addressed or on its target audiences?
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course aims to present the diversity of research currents that study public policies and the transformations of public action.
By comparing the contributions and limitations of distinct theoretical approaches (e.g. sequential, socio-historical, pragmatic, multi-level governance, sociology of the network actor, agenda-setting), the student is enabled to understand and analyse public policies and their development.
They identify the added value and the limits of each of the approaches by underlining the questions they raise and the analytical responses they favour. Finally, the student is also trained in the practical usefulness of theoretical knowledge for analysing public action.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Aucun
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is structured around an introductory book and a set of theoretical readings.
Prepared at home and with the support of the teaching student before the lesson, the readings are dissected in class (work in sub-groups), before being put into perspective by the teacher in an ex cathedra form, which uses examples of applications by authors using the approach studied. Each session ends with a reflective exercise aimed at considering the application of the approach studied to one public policy in Belgium.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
face to face
Seminars are also organised to support the lecture of scientific texts
Recommended or required readings
Compulsory Readings
Reference book : Boussaguet, Jacquot, Ravinet, 2019, Dictionnaire des politiques publiques, 5e édition, SciencesPo les Presses, p.845 (available in bibliothèque Graulich)
+ Slides are available via My ULg
+ a list of scientific papers is constituted during the semestre and made available to the students via eCampus with the support of the teaching assistant
Additionnal Reading:
Lecture complémentaire : Maillard, Jacques de, et Daniel Kübler. Analyser les politiques publiques : Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 2016. (available in bibliothèque Graulich)
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Continuous assessment through weekly written theory questions in groups of two (50% of the final grade).
Individual oral examination en session (50% of the final grade).
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
The team in charge of this course is composed of :
- Céline Parotte
- Hélène Dodion
- a teaching assistant (student tutor): Loic Perrin loic.perrin@student.uliege.be