ESF:MPV_APPA Public Policy Analysis - Course Information
MPV_APPA Public Policy Analysis
Faculty of Economics and AdministrationSpring 2016
The course is not taught in Spring 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Ing. Gabriela Daniel, PhD. (lecturer)
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: Mgr. Jana Nesvadbová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration - Timetable
- Fri 9:20–11:00 S306
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to give the students a chance to understand principles of policy formulation and policy analysis in the general context; learn to use policy analysis methods and use that general framework for detailed insight into one of two important public policies - health policy and/or education policy.
- Syllabus
- The course is split into two parts. The first one provides a general knowledge base about policy analysis while the second applies this knowledge on health policy or education policy (Student may choose one of them).
- MODULE 1 – PUBLIC POLICY AND ITS ANALYSIS
- 1) Public policy’s basic principles, values, and issues
- 2) Concepts for public policies investigation and policy making
- 3) Actors and their roles
- 4) Implementation, foreseeing the outcomes of the public policy
- 5) Policy analysis – principles, general approaches
- 6) Selected methods of a public policy analysis
- MODULE 2 – HEALTH POLICY (HP) AND EDUCATION POLICY (EP) ANALYSIS (Students chose their preferred field of public policy and they apply a common framework on it.)
- 7) Introduction to health/education policy; objectives of HP/EP; health/education – concept, measurement; policy issues, equity, freedom of choice...
- 8) Health care/Education systems - organization, institutions, economics
- 9) Actors and policy measures
- 10) Financial systems as a subject of policy negotiations
- 11) Selected segment of HP/EP analysis, recommending preferred policies
- 12) Global trends in health/education policy, reforms
- Literature
- required literature
- DUNN, William N. Public policy analysis. Fifth edition. Harlow: Pearson, 2014, 456 stran. ISBN 9781292020211. info
- HOWLETT, Michael and M. RAMESH. Studying public policy : policy cycles and policy subsystems. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, v, 311. ISBN 0195417941. info
- recommended literature
- DYE, Thomas R. Understanding public policy. 11th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005, xvii, 356. ISBN 0131174525. info
- WEIMER, David Leo and Aidan R. VINING. Policy analysis : concepts and practice. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004, xix, 501. ISBN 0131830015. info
- GUPTA, Dipak K. Analyzing public policy : concepts, tools and techniques. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2001, xxiv, 408. ISBN 1568025556. info
- not specified
- Economics of education. Edited by Dominic J. Brewer - Patrick J. McEwan. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2010, xii, 369. ISBN 9780080965307. info
- Health reforms in Central and Eastern Europe : options, obstacles, limited outcomes. Edited by James Warner Bjorkman - Juraj Nemec. Hague: Eleven International, 2013, x, 296. ISBN 9789462360631. info
- SALTMAN, Richard B. and Josep FIGUERAS. European health care reform : analysis of current strategies. Copenhagen: World Health Organization-Regional Office for Europe, 1997, 308 stran. ISBN 9289013362. info
- PETERS, B. Guy. Advanced introduction to public policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2015, x, 203. ISBN 9781781955765. info
- CAIRNEY, Paul. Understanding public policy : theories and issues. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, xvii, 327. ISBN 9780230229709. info
- Teaching methods
- Main learning methods: lectures, seminars with group discussions, readings (200-250 pages), 2 assignments, team-discussion contest.
- Assessment methods
- Reaching at least 50% from a midterm exam is required for an access to the final oral examination.
The final grade is composed from: 30% team-discussion contest, 30% midterm, 40% oral final exam. - Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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