MKV_ANVP Public policy analysis

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
26/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Marek Pavlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Jana Biskupová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Sat 8. 3. 12:00–15:50 P104, Fri 11. 4. 12:00–15:50 P104, Fri 25. 4. 16:00–19:50 P104
Prerequisites
FORMA(K)
No special prerequisites are set up.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquire and consolidate the necessary competences for independent critical evaluation of public policies, especially their impact, design and implementation. The application of analytical methods and the development of critical thinking beyond just public policy. The course also includes an emphasis on the development of soft skills of argumentation and presentation.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- evaluate outputs and coutcomes of public policies
- to analyze the process of policy formulation and implementation
- to apply methods of economic analysis on policy issues
Syllabus
  • Outline:
  • 1) Basic principles, values and problems of public policy - What shapes policy?
  • 2) Structuring policy problems - Structuring policy problems.
  • 3) Elements and methods of analysis.
  • 4) Methods of analysis - predicting future developments - principles and procedures.
  • 5) Policy evaluation, rationality criteria, evaluation methods.
  • 6) Analysis of implementation processes.
  • 7) Analysis of the roles of public policy actors.
  • 8) Construction of policy arguments.
  • 9) Policy recommendations.
  • 10) Implementation of public policy evaluation
  • 11) Case studies, presentation of own seminar projects.
Literature
    required literature
  • DUNN, William N. Public policy analysis. Sixth edition. Taylor & Francis, 2018. 456. ISBN 9781138743830.
  • HOWLETT, Michael, M. RAMESH and Anthony PERL. Studying public policy : policy cycles and policy subsystems. Third edition. Ontario: Oxford university press, 2009, vii, 298. ISBN 9780195428025. info
    recommended literature
  • Potůček, M., Pavlík, M. a kol.: Veřejná politika. Výstup projektu OPVK 2015
  • CAIRNEY, Paul. Understanding public policy : theories and issues. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, xvii, 327. ISBN 9780230229709. info
  • DYE, Thomas R. Understanding public policy. 11th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005, xvii, 356. ISBN 0131174525. info
Teaching methods
tutorials
group discussion
seminar work and its presentation
readings
Assessment methods
Requirements for admission to the test:
- The student must score at least 15 points in the optional activities
- Achieve a passing grade for the presentation or submission of a term paper
. Optional activities:
- Online Midterm during Reading Week. The test covers the material covered in the first tutorial (max 10 points).
- The test of the basic knowledge - online (optional) summarized in the study material will be open from 9.3 to 20.3. Max 10 points.
- Presentation (writing) of a seminar paper in English 5 points
- Controversy with a "bot" - the learner will prepare a counterargument to the ChatGPT "opinion" on a controversial topic. 5 points
- Voluntary reading -5 points for reading one book from the voluntary reading list and then discussing the book with the instructor. Due any time during the semester or exam period.
More detailed information on the optional assignments and the exam are in the Interactive Syllabus and will be updated there as appropriate.
Exam:
Points earned on activities in the semester enter the final grade
. - Final test max 35 points. The content is the whole semester's learning
- Oral exam max. 35 points. The content of the exam is a discussion of an improved version of the term paper following its presentation or submission. The wider context of the thesis will also be discussed
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Any copying, recording or taking of tests, use of illegal aids as well as means of communication, or otherwise interfering with objectivity of the examination will be considered a failure to meet the requirements for completion of the course and will be considered a gross violation of the study regulations. As a result, the instructor will close the examination with a grade of "F" in the ISS and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings, which may result in termination of the course of study.
Náhradní absolvování
In case of a trip abroad, the course can be taken in an alternative form. The timetable for fulfilling individual study obligations will be arranged individually.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: tutoriál 12 hodin.
Teacher's information
Tutorials are intended for explaining and fixing the knowledge acquired in advance by self-study from the assigned materials. You are guided through the study primarily by an interactive syllabus. You will find in it both a study guide and links to study materials, a list of topics for the POTs and hand-ins.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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