PERn4004 Public and Social Policy and governance

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Hora, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Pavel Horák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Hora, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to equip students with basic and deep knowledge in the field of theory and practice of public and social policy and the public political process with an emphasis on the governance perspective. This knowledge will enable them to better understand and analyze the processes related to the creation and implementation of partial public and social policies.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to understand the processes related to the creation and implementation of specific measures of partial public and social policies in real organizational and non-organizational environments. They can evaluate these processes, identify specific factors that influence them, and propose adequate solutions that will improve their functioning, and thus the results of implemented policies.
Syllabus
  • Public policy as a political process
  • Governance and actors in public policy
  • State and public administration: goals, functions, institutions, legal environment, and forms
  • Policy making and the decision-making process
  • Implementation of public policy
  • Selected policies I.: educational and family policy
  • Selected policies II.: housing policy and health policy
  • Research methods to analyze public and social policies and governance
  • Presentation of group seminar papers on the topic "Analysis and evaluation of the public political process"
  • Presentation of group seminar papers on the topic "Analysis and evaluation of partial policies"
  • Presentation of group seminar papers on the topic "Governance"
Literature
    required literature
  • Hupe, P., Hill, M. (eds.) (2012). Public policy. Vol 1-4. Sage.
  • Hupe, P. (Ed.). (2019). Research handbook on street-level bureaucracy. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Vigoda-Gadot, E., & Vashdi, D. R. (Eds.). (2020). Handbook of research methods in public administration, management and policy. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Hupe, P. (Ed.). (2022). The politics of the public encounter: What happens when citizens meet the state. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Farazmand, A. (Ed.). (2023). Global encyclopedia of public administration, public policy, and governance. Springer Nature.
  • Weible, Ch. M., Workman, S. (ed). (2022). Methods of the Policy Process. 1st edition. Routledge.
  • Theories of the policy process. Edited by Christopher M. Weible. Fifth edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023, xxi, 387. ISBN 9781032311241. info
  • HILL, Michael J. and Frédéric VARONE. The public policy process. Eighth edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021, xii, 388. ISBN 9780367445348. info
  • RAINEY, Hal G., Sergio FERNANDEZ and Deanna MALATESTA. Understanding and managing public organizations. Sixth edition. Hoboken, New Jersey: Jossey-Bass, 2021, xx, 572. ISBN 9781119705895. 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
  • HILL, Michael J. and Peter L. HUPE. Implementing public policy : an introduction to the study of operational governance. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2009, xii, 232. ISBN 9781412947992. info
  • Public management and governance. Edited by A. G. Bovaird - Elke Löffler. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2009, xxiii, 374. ISBN 9780203884096. info
  • KRAVCHUCK, Robert. Public administration : understanding management, politics, and law in the public sector. Edited by David H. Rosenbloom. 6th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2005, xvii, 590. ISBN 0071238433. info
    recommended literature
  • Weiss, T. G., & Wilkinson, R. (2019). Rethinking global governance. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Sørensen, E. (2020). Interactive political leadership: The role of politicians in the age of governance. Oxford University Press.
  • Wu, X., Howlett, M., & Ramesh, M. (Eds.). (2017). Policy capacity and governance: Assessing governmental competences and capabilities in theory and practice. Springer.
  • Understanding street-level bureaucracy. Edited by Peter L. Hupe - Michael J. Hill - Aurélien Buffat. First published. Bristol: Policy Press, 2016, xi, 391. ISBN 9781447313274. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, group discussions, literature study
Assessment methods
Written test in the middle of the course, group seminar work, final written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
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