By the end of this course, students should be able to identify the following elements of policy-making:
This course aims at providing students with the fundamental analytical tools in order to analysis a public policy. The first part of the course introduces students to the concepts and theories of policy-making. In the second part of the course, students apply these concepts and theories to real case-studies of public policies designed and implemented at local, regional, national or European levels. At the end of the course, students present a final report of public policy analysis.
Part I: Concepts and theories of public policy analysis
Sequential and cycle models; Problem emergence & Agenda setting; Policy programming & Decision; Policy implementation & Evaluation; Actors in multilevel systems of actions, actors' resources, representations and interest; Theories explaining changes.
Part II: Field Work: Case studies of public policies
Documentary & thematic analysis; Triangle of actors; Interviews with stake-holders and decision-makers; Conceptual developments; Final analysis of the public policies.
-Final report of the public policy analysis (60%)
-Collective written and oral presentations (40%)
-Peter Knoepfel, Corinne Larrue, Frederic Varone, Michael Hill, Public Policy Analysis, Bristol: Policy Press, 2007.
-Patrick Hassenteufel. Sociologie de l’action publique, Paris: Armand Colin, 2ndEdition, 2011.
+ Articles and book chapters available on the reading list uploaded on WebCampus.