VPLn8821 Public Policy Process

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 11 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Horák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Horák, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Sat 21. 10. 15:00–16:40 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka, 17:00–18:40 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka, Sat 2. 12. 9:00–10:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, 11:00–12:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, 13:00–14:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to provide students with the knowledge and acquire skills that will enable them (1) to understand the key processes and circumstances that are related to the formation and implementation of public policy as a theoretical discipline and influence its outputs and results, (2) to identify, analyze and evaluate these processes and the circumstances of partial public and social policies in practice in specific states and regions, or at the transnational level, and (3) to increase their potential to adequately hold and manage administrative, professional, and managerial roles after graduation in practice.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to: (1) understand the public political process and its phases, within which partial public policies are created, implemented, and evaluated, (2) know specific theories and models of the public political process and be able to use them to understand and analyses of partial public policies, (3) be able to analyze partial public policies in their specific context, identify their strengths and weaknesses, and, if necessary, propose adequate steps to improve them.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to Public Policy
  • Public Policy as Structure and Process
  • Governance
  • Actors and Institutions
  • Design and Tools of Public Policies
  • Formation of Public Policies
  • Decision-Making in Public Policy
  • Implementation of Public Policies
  • Analysis and Evaluation of Public Policies
  • Seminar on Theories of the Political Process I.
  • Seminar on Theories of the Political Process II.
  • Seminar on Theories of the Political Process III.
Literature
  • Veselý, A. 2018. Design veřejných politik: kritický přehled přístupů. Acta Politologica 10(3):98–113
  • HILL, Michael J. and Frédéric VARONE. The public policy process. Eighth edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021, xii, 388. ISBN 9780367445348. 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
  • Metodologie výzkumu politiky. Edited by Vít Beneš - Petr Drulák. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2019, 360 stran. ISBN 9788074192838. info
  • HORÁK, Pavel. Odlišné perspektivy definování a zkoumání konceptu governance v politických vědách a ve veřejné politice (Different perspectives of defining and investigating the concept of governance in political sciences and public policy). Politologická revue. Praha: Česká společnost pro politické vědy, 2018, vol. 24, No 2, p. 25-57. ISSN 1211-0353. info
  • Theories of the policy process. Edited by Paul A. Sabatier - Christopher M. Weible. Fourth edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, ix, 402. ISBN 9780813350523. info
  • KNILL, Christoph and Jale TOSUN. Public policy : a new introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, xi, 363. ISBN 9780230278387. info
  • HLOUŠEK, Vít. Koncept konfliktních linií a problematika evropské integrace (The Concept of Cleavages and the Issue of European Integration). Sociologický časopis. Praha: Sociologický ústav AV ČR, 2007, vol. 43, No 2, p. 361-378. ISSN 0038-0288. info
  • WINKLER, Jiří. Teorie rozhodování a dynamika sociální politiky (Decision Theory and Social Policy Dynamics). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 254 pp. FSS MU. ISBN 978-80-210-4486-9. info
Teaching methods
lectures, homework, class discussion
Assessment methods
midterm test, final test, seminar paper
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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