Theory and Practice of Public Policy 2100-PP-M-D1TPPP
Lecture (L) and Exercise (E) Topics
L1. Organisational and substantive introduction to the subject: theory of policy process and practical policy analysis
E1. Understanding the difference between theoretical and practical approaches to public policy
Block I: Public Policy in the Context of Policy Process Theory. Theories and Their Applications in Research
L2. Multiple Streams Framework (MSF)
E2. Applications of MSF: Senior policy in Poland - agenda analysis
L3. Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET)
E3. Applications of PET: Agenda of international organisations
L4. Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF)
E4. Applications of ACF: Oil in Norway's climate policy
L5. Narrative Policy Framework (NPF)
E5. Applications of NPF: "Dobry start" programme in Poland
L6. Innovations and Diffusion Models (IDM)
E6. Applications of IDM: Conditional transfers in Brazil
L7. Ecology of Games Framework (EGF)
E7. Applications of EGF: Ecology of games in water management
**Block II: Public Policy in the Context of Practical Policy Analysis. The Eightfold Path**
L8. Defining the problem and gathering evidence
E8. Exercises in defining the problem and gathering evidence
L9. Proposing alternative solutions and criteria for their evaluation
E9. Exercises in proposing alternative solutions and criteria for their evaluation
L10. Forecasting the impact of solutions and facing trade-offs
E10. Exercises in forecasting the impact of solutions and facing trade-offs
L11. Making decisions and communicating them
E11. Exercises in decision-making and communicating decisions
L12. Influencing the public policy process
E12. Exercises in strategies for influencing public policy
COURSE SUMMARY
L13. Mutual influences of theoretical and practical approaches to public policy
E13. Discussion on the impact of theory on public policy practice and vice versa
L14. Summary and evaluation of the lecture
E14. Summary and evaluation of the exercises
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Type of course
Learning outcomes
Programme Outcomes
Knowledge: The graduate knows and understands
1. Theoretical conceptual categories and models of public policy in an advanced degree.
2. Diverse approaches to public policy in an advanced degree (approaches: sectoral and horizontal; approaches: local, national, regional, and supranational).
3. The methodology of public policy research in an advanced degree and the place of public policy within the social sciences.
4. Factors and conditions influencing the public policy process.
Skills: The graduate is able to
1. Critically analyse the processes of problem formation and resolution in the public sphere.
Attitudes: The graduate is prepared
2. To critically assess scientific and social debates in the area of public policy, as well as their participation in these debates, including recognising the significance of scientific evidence and the role of experts in the process of creating and implementing public policy.
3. To inspire, initiate, and participate in the process of creating and evaluating public policy in various scales and fields, including designing, presenting, and implementing their own solutions based on analysis and experience.
Additional Outcomes
Knowledge: The graduate knows and understands
1. Theories of the public policy process.
2. The method of practical policy analysis.
3. The mutual relationships between theories of the public policy process and its practical analysis.
Skills: The graduate is able to
1. Apply the theories of the public policy process to their own research concept of a selected public policy process.
2. Apply the method of practical public policy analysis to a selected public issue.
Assessment criteria
1. Attendance is mandatory. More than two absences require additional credit for the missed topics. More than six absences result in automatic failure of the course.
2. The lecture will be organised so that students read the relevant texts and complete related tasks before the lecture and exercises on the given topic.
3. Students will participate in the process of preparing a research project on the applications of public policy process theory.
4. Students will participate in the process of preparing a practical project on the applications of the practical policy analysis method.
5. The completion of each task will be assessed, and the weighted sum of all task grades will be used to determine the overall grade.
Practical placement
none
Bibliography
Przegląd teorii
Paul A. Sabatier i Christopher M. Weibl (red.) "Theories of Policy Proces", 5th ed., Routledge 2023.
Praktyczna analiza problemów i rozwiązań
Eugene Bardach A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving, 6th ed., SAGE 2020.
Zastosowania teorii procesu polityki w badaniach
MSF: Barbara Szatur-Jaworska, Polityka senioralna w Polsce - analiza agendy, Problemy Polityki Społecznej, 2015 | 30 | 47-7, http://www.problemypolitykispolecznej.pl/Polityka-senioralna-w-Polsce-analiza-agendy,122917,0,1.html
PET: Magnus Lundgren, Theresa Squatrito & Jonas Tallberg, Stability and change in international policy-making: A punctuated equilibrium approach, The Review of International Organizations, volume 13, pages547–572(2018)
ACF: Guri Bang, and Bård Lahn. "From oil as welfare to oil as risk? Norwegian petroleum resource governance and climate policy." Climate Policy 20.8 (2020): 997-1009.
NPF: Natalia Jungrav-Georgica "Narrative Policy Framework - polityka publiczna jako walka opowieści ", Studia z Polityki Publicznej, 7(2(26), s. 109-135 https://econjournals.sgh.waw.pl/KSzPP/article/view/2470
IDM: Natasha Borges Sugiyama, Bottom-up Policy Diffusion: National Emulation of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Brazil, Publius, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Winter 2012), pp. 25-51
EGF: Mark Lubell, Garry Robins, Peng Wang, Network structure and institutional complexity in an ecology of water management games, Ecology and Society, Vol. 19, No. 4, 2014.
Relacja między teoriami polityki publicznej a jej praktyczną analizą
David L. Weimer, Aidan R. Vining, Policy Analysis Concepts and Practice 6th ed. 2017, rozdział 11 Adoption.
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