Introduction to social and public policy (I) 2100-SPP-L-D1ISPP
No.1
Title: Introduction: public policy, social policy, welfare state (I)
Key topics: public policy, social policy, welfare state
Literature: Garland D. (2016). The welfare state : a very short introduction (First). Oxford University Press: chapters 1 to 4.
No.:2
Title: Introduction: the history of the modern welfare state (I)
Key topics: development of the modern welfare state, the crises of the modern welfare state, the limits of the modern welfare state
Literature: Garland D. (2016). The welfare state : a very short introduction (First). Oxford University Press: chapters 5 to 9.
No.:3
Title: The Nature of Public Policy
Key topics: policy typologies, policy styles, dimensions of policy, policy outputs, policy outcomes, policy impacts, polity, politics, policy, policy change policy, policy variation, policy outputs
Literature: Chapter 1. and 2.{in] C. Knill, J. Tosun, (2020), Public Policy. A New Introduction. 2nd Edition, Macmillan Education Limited
Additional literature: Chapter 2. What is Policy Analysis? [in] Weimer D. L. & Vining A. R. (2017). Policy analysis : concepts and practice (Sixth). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
No.:4
Title: Actors and Institutions
Key topics: institutions: constitutions, separation of powers, electoral systems, political parties, interest. groups, global public policy, intergovernmental organizations and institutions Literature: Chapter 3. The Context for Policy-Making: Central Institutions and Actors [in] C. Knill,J. Tosun, (2020), Public Policy. A New Introduction. 2nd Edition, Macmillan Education Limited
No.:5
Title: Models of policy making
Key topics: structure-based models, interest-based models, institution-based models
Literature: Chapter 4. Theoretical Approaches to Policy-Making [in] C. Knill, J. Tosun, (2020), Public Policy. A New Introduction. 2nd Edition, Macmillan Education Limited
No.:6
Title: Test-1/Problem Definition
Key topics: causal story, social problems vs political problems, framing, agenda setting: the process perspective, the power distribution perspective, the institution-based perspective, the contingency perspective
Literature: Chapter 5. Problem Definition and Agenda-Setting [in] C. Knill, J. Tosun, (2020), Public Policy. A New Introduction. 2nd Edition, Macmillan Education Limited
No.:7
Title: Decision Making
Key topics: policy preferences, policy design, policy adaptation
Literature: Chapter 6. Decision Making [in] C. Knill, J. Tosun, (2020), Public Policy. A New Introduction. 2nd Edition, Macmillan Education Limited :
No.:8
Title: Policy Implementation
Key topics: models of implementation: top-down, buttom-up, hybrid models; impelementation stracture, agencies,
Literature: Chapter 7. Implementation [in] C. Knill, J. Tosun, (2020), Public Policy. A New Introduction. 2nd
Edition, Macmillan Education Limited
No.:9
Title: Policy Evaluation (!)
Key topics: elements of evaluation, types of evaluations
Literature: Chapter 8. Evaluation [in] C. Knill, J. Tosun, (2020), Public Policy. A New Introduction. 2nd Edition, Macmillan Education Limited
No.:10
Title: Policy Evaluation (I!)
Key topics: evidence-based policy making, politics and evaluation
Literature: Chapter 8. Evaluation [in] C. Knill, J. Tosun, (2020), Public Policy. A New Introduction. 2nd Edition, Macmillan Education Limited
No.:11
Title: Test-2/Governance
Key topics: hierarchy, network, new public management, new public governance
Literature: Chapter 9. Governance: A Synoptic Perspective on Policy-Making [in] C. Knill, J. Tosun, (2020), Public Policy. A New Introduction. 2nd Edition, Macmillan Education Limited
No.:12
Title: Global Public Policy (!)
Key topics: global problems, international institutions, international organizations
Literature: Chapter 10. Public Policies beyond the Nation State [in] C. Knill, J. Tosun, (2020), Public Policy. A New Introduction. 2nd Edition, Macmillan Education Limited
No.:13
Title: Global Public Policy (II)
Key topics: policy making, policy outputs, policy outcomes on the international level
Literature: Chapter 10. Public Policies beyond the Nation State [in] C. Knill, J. Tosun, (2020), Public Policy. A New Introduction. 2nd Edition, Macmillan Education Limited
No.:14
Title: Policy Change
Key topics: theories of policy change, measurement of policy change, policy convergence
Literature: Chapter 11. Policy Change and Policy Convergence [in] C. Knill, J. Tosun, (2020), Public Policy. A New Introduction. 2nd Edition, Macmillan Education Limited
No.: 15
Title: Test-3
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Learning outcomes
The student knows and understands at an advanced level - the characteristics of the sciences of politics and administration, in particular - the sub-disciplines: social policy and public policy against the background of the field of social sciences (K_W01)
The student knows and understands at an advanced level - the course of the political process at various institutional levels, especially in the field of diagnosing needs and resources, planning, implementing and evaluating social programs (K_W03)
The student knows and understands at an advanced level the ways in which social and political institutions operate in specific areas of social and public policy, with particular emphasis on: education, public health, social assistance, housing, labor market, social security, family policy, migration and integration policy (K_W05)
The student knows and understands at an advanced level selected theories conceptualizing the relationship between the elements of the political process, characteristic of the sciences of politics and administration - especially for the subdiscipline of social policy and public policy (K_W06)
The student is able to precisely identify the economic, social, economic and cultural determinants of specific social phenomena and apply approaches and theories in the interpretation of detailed relationships between phenomena (K_U03)
Assessment criteria
Oral exam. In order to take the exam, the student must pass both the exercises and the lecture. The conditions for passing these classes are described in the relevant parts of the syllabus.
Practical placement
Do not apply.
Bibliography
The literature is provided in the above section.
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