PVTIVP Public Policy - Design and Implementation

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Alain DARRE (lecturer), doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc. (deputy)
doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Marek Pavlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Jiří Špalek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Zuzana Kotherová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Marek Pavlík, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Šárka Horáková
Timetable
Tue 8:30–11:55 S402, Tue 14:35–17:55 S402
Prerequisites
The course is designed for second year students of the follow-up Master’s study program Franco-Tcheque d'Administration Publique.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 26 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/26, only registered: 0/26
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives of the course include the following:
- understanding the specificity of the public policy and its connections with public economics,
- being able to analyze consequences of the policy and predict (or evaluate) the impact of the policy,
- learning the tools of policy marketing,
- to learn how electoral system influence the results of election
- understanding why lobbying is part of policy life and what consequences lobbying has for policy-making and implementation,
- understanding the principles of evaluation methods and being able to apply at least one of them (Cost-benefit analysis)
Syllabus
  • The course is taught in the Czech (C) and French (F) languages. The plan of lectures is as follows:
  • 1. Public policy; models and analysis (C, F)
  • 2. Theory of implementation of public policies (F)
  • 3. Development of implementation methods of public policies (F)
  • 4. Actors of public polices (C, F)
  • 5. Theory of the state and the theory of bureaucracy (C)
  • 6. Agenda settings and formulation of social problems (C)
  • 7. Policy marketing (C)
  • 8. Lobbying (C)
  • 9. Electoral systems (C)
  • 10. Methods of evaluation of the public policy; methods of economic analysis (C)
  • 11. Cost benefit analysis (C)
  • 12. Other methods of economic analysis - CEA, CUA, CMA (C)
  • 13. General aspects of measurement of costs and benefits (problem of time and life) (C)
Literature
  • POTŮČEK, Martin. Veřejná politika. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2005, 399 s. ISBN 8086429504. info
  • JABŁOŃSKI, Andrzej. Politický marketing : úvod do teorie a praxe. Translated by Lubomír Kopeček. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2006, 203 s. ISBN 8073640112. info
  • PAVLÍK, Marek and Tomáš ROSENMAYER. Ekonomické výsledky politických stran a hnutí v roce 2003. Projekt Ekonomika politických stran a hnutí (Economic results of political parties in 2003). Brno, 2005, 20 pp. ISBN 80-239-4520-3. info
  • Nejen trh :role trhu, státu a občanského sektoru v proměnách české společnosti. Edited by Martin Potůček. [1. vyd.]. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1997, 188 s. ISBN 80-85850-26-5. info
  • MALÝ, Ivan and Marek PAVLÍK. Tvorba a realizace programů veřejné politiky. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 108 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4507-1. info
Teaching methods
Presentation and class discuson related to introduced topic. As a part of lectures are presented group projects and readings focused od resume formulation and critique.
Assessment methods
The course takes the form of a lecture. The course is concluded with an oral exam. Students are eligible to take the oral exam provided that they fulfill given conditions:
1. they prepare a summary (in Czech) of a paper related to the topic of the course and written in English,
2. they pass an (on-line) test in the IS MU successfully during an obligatory period (a test is regarded as successful if at least 60% of answers are correct).
3. Participate at least 80% of lectures
Important information! If students commit a prohibited act, such as using various forbidden tools, cribbing, taking out any part of the exam or any other cheating, the teacher is allowed to interrupt an exam and to grade a student with F, FF or FFF according to the seriousness of the offence. The mentioned procedure relates to all the activities that are included in the final evaluation of the course (seminar work, essays, tests etc.).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
General note: Část výuky probíhá ve francouzštině.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010.
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