VPLn4513 Public Policy Process

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 11 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Horák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Horák, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 P21a
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 47/60, only registered: 1/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge and acquire skills that will enable them (1) to understand the key processes and circumstances that are related to the formation and implementation of public policy as a theoretical discipline and influence its outputs and results, (2) to identify, analyse and evaluate these processes and the circumstances of partial public and social policies in practise in specific states and regions, or at the transnational level, and (3) to increase their potential to adequately hold and manage administrative, professional, and managerial roles after graduation in practise.
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to: (1) understand the public political process and its individual phases, within which partial public policies are created, implemented, and evaluated, (2) know specific theories and models of the public political process and be able to use them to understand and analyses of partial public policies, (3) be able to analyse partial public policies in their specific context, identify their strengths and weaknesses, and, if necessary, propose adequate steps to improve them.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to Public Policy
  • Public Policy as Structure and Process
  • Governance
  • Actors and Institutions
  • Design and Tools of Public Policies
  • Formation of Public Policies
  • Decision-Making in Public Policy
  • Implementation of Public Policies
  • Analysis and Evaluation of Public Policies
  • Seminar on Theories of the Political Process I.
  • Seminar on Theories of the Political Process II.
  • Seminar on Theories of the Political Process III.
Literature
  • Veselý, A. 2018. Design veřejných politik: kritický přehled přístupů. Acta Politologica 10(3):98–113
  • HILL, Michael J. and Frédéric VARONE. The public policy process. Eighth edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021, xii, 388. ISBN 9780367445348. info
  • BIRKLAND, Thomas A. An introduction to the policy process : theories, concepts and models of public policy making. Fifth edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020, xvii, 430. ISBN 9781138495616. info
  • Metodologie výzkumu politiky. Edited by Vít Beneš - Petr Drulák. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2019, 360 stran. ISBN 9788074192838. info
  • HORÁK, Pavel. Odlišné perspektivy definování a zkoumání konceptu governance v politických vědách a ve veřejné politice (Different perspectives of defining and investigating the concept of governance in political sciences and public policy). Politologická revue. Praha: Česká společnost pro politické vědy, 2018, vol. 24, No 2, p. 25-57. ISSN 1211-0353. info
  • Theories of the policy process. Edited by Paul A. Sabatier - Christopher M. Weible. Fourth edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, ix, 402. ISBN 9780813350523. info
  • KNILL, Christoph and Jale TOSUN. Public policy : a new introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, xi, 363. ISBN 9780230278387. info
  • HLOUŠEK, Vít. Koncept konfliktních linií a problematika evropské integrace (The Concept of Cleavages and the Issue of European Integration). Sociologický časopis. Praha: Sociologický ústav AV ČR, 2007, vol. 43, No 2, p. 361-378. ISSN 0038-0288. info
  • WINKLER, Jiří. Teorie rozhodování a dynamika sociální politiky (Decision Theory and Social Policy Dynamics). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 254 pp. FSS MU. ISBN 978-80-210-4486-9. info
Teaching methods
lectures, homework, class discussion
Assessment methods
midterm test, final test, seminar paper, and its presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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