PUPn4999 Governance, Agency and Problems of Public Administration (GAPPA)

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2025
Rozsah
1/1/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Mgr. Roman Baláž, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Mgr. Roman Baláž, Ph.D.
Katedra sociální politiky a sociální práce – Fakulta sociálních studií
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra sociální politiky a sociální práce – Fakulta sociálních studií
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Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The GAPPA course aims to introduce students to 1) the governance in the EU member states and 2) the agency of policy actors in specific governance structures. The flow of power among the policy actors and its legitimacy is the core of the course. Students will understand the power-flow implications for conflict, coexistence or collaboration among the policy actors in diverse governance settings in the EU member states. The problem of the structurally embedded power of policy actors creates the course's overall framework.
Výstupy z učení
The GAPPA course lays relevant foundations for 1) future policy-makers to critically assess volatile relations among the policy actors while formulating and implementing particular policies and 2) future social workers to evaluate the institutional and organizational conditions of their work with individuals, groups, and communities more critically. Students will (1) be familiar with general governance concepts, (2) understand the multiplicity of interactions creating the interplay among the policy actors, and (3) reveal how diverse kinds of power shape the formulation, implementation, or administration of particular policies.
Osnova
  • General concepts:
  • Governance, government, and the people
  • Vertical (multi-level) governance
  • Horizontal (multi-sector) governance
  • Diagonal governance
  • Institutional settings of governance
    • Agency and Policy Actors:
  • Agency – an institutionalist’s account
  • Embedded Agency
    • Policy processes:
  • Policy process – An introduction
  • Policy process – Agendas and policy formulation
  • Policy process – Policy implementation
    • Power of policy actors and shaping the governance:
  • Power of Policy Actors
  • The Final session: Making a synthesis
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • Hill, M., & Varone, F. (2021). The public policy process. Routledge.
  • Mazur, S. (Ed.). (2020). Public Administration in Central Europe: Ideas as Causes of Reforms. Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Peters, B. G. (2021). Advanced introduction to public policy. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Reay, T., Zilber, T.B., Langley, A., & Tsoukas, H. (2019). Institutions and organizations: A process view. Oxford University Press.
  • Torfing, J., Peters, B. G., Pierre, J., & Sørensen, E. (2012). Interactive governance: Advancing the paradigm. Oxford university Press.
Výukové metody
Lectures, reading, class discussion, group projects
Metody hodnocení
Written assignments (partial and seminar) and oral examination of continuous work in exercises, the aim of which is to practice the information acquired through readings and lectures
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2023, jaro 2024.