▼Description
This course aims to study main features of public policy process and basic constituent elements of that process (actors, tools, content and outputs/outcomes). All stages of public policy process – addenda setting, policy formulation, policy adoption, policy implementation and monitoring are discussed in depth. Students are also taught to compare configurations of policy process in different fields of public policy and in different countries.
▼Aim of the course
To study the main features of public policy process, its actors and stages and to compare public policy process in different political systems.
Prerequisites
▼Course content
Concept of public policy process. Public policy and its contexts. Goals, tools actors and resources of public policy. Programs and projects in public policy. Outputs and outcomes of public policy. Problems of public policy and its identification and solutions. Public policy decision-making. Evidence-based public policy.
▼Assesment Criteria
Main conceptions of public policy and their comparisons. Enumeration and characteristics of main phases, actors, tools, resources and results of the public policy process. Definitions of public policy problems in a given fields of public policy. Evaluations of interconnections between the public policy actors, available policy tools and resources, public policy outputs and outcomes. Comparisons of configurations of public policy process in various countries.
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