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Introduction: What is Public Policy? -from situation to problem to solution |
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How to think about public policy: models and theories - Sequence models; public choice theory, the multiple streams approach |
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Actors 1. Within the state - political actors; civil servants; local government |
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Actors 2. Outside the state- interest groups; professions; citizens |
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Identifying problems and setting the agenda : bottom up approach: agenda-setting; top-down approach: problem solving |
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Tools and Instruments of public policy- laws; regulations; taxation as a policy instrument |
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Understanding decision-making - who decides? – how? |
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How do policies change?- path dependence; windows of opportunity; strategies of gradual change |
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The problem of implementation- how to go from plan to project |
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Assessing policy -what counts as success ? |
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Learning from success and from failure - policy borrowing, diffusion, learning, convergence … |
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Conclusion -the story so far … |
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Student projects: working in groups, take a real world policy and analyze it using the tools and methods learned in this course: - what problem was addressed? How was the problem identified? - what actors were involved inside and outside the state? - what tools or instruments were used? - how and by whom were decisions made? - how was the policy implemented? - how can we know whether the policy was a success or a failure? |
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Student projects: working in groups, take a real world policy and analyze it using the tools and methods learned in this course: - what problem was addressed? How was the problem identified? - what actors were involved inside and outside the state? - what tools or instruments were used? - how and by whom were decisions made? - how was the policy implemented? - how can we know whether the policy was a success or a failure? |
