Analysis of Public Policy

The course focuses on the subject of decisions by which the government influences the material and immaterial substance collective and individual underlying acting within the limits of its jurisdiction. Emphasis is placed on understanding the phenomenon of change in the field of public policy. Issues to be discussed include: Why and under what conditions some issues manage to become priority issues to be addressed and some not? Why are some options for resolving issues preferred by governments than others ignored? What qualifies as a public problem and how the government agenda established? Why the new policies seldom implemented as planned? How assessed objectives and results? How reforms as intentional government action, they have more chances of success? To answer the above questions is examined with the help of tools from the field of the analysis of public policies how interests, options and institutional actors of the political process (politicians, administration) interact and lead to changes in public policy practitioners.

Objectives

The course attempts to introduce stakeholders to the basic analysis tools of configuration procedures, implementation and evaluation of public policies, examples of contemporary Greek political system.

Prerequisites

- State and State Policies - Introduction to Comparative Politics Analysis

Syllabus