Public policy analysis - Prof. Simone Busetti - a.a. 2021/2022

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  General information about the course

  • Presentation
  • Research material

  • Presentation

  
   The course provides basic concepts and tools for understanding public policies. Classes will have a practical focus; we will analyse existing policy programmes and experiment with the concepts and tools presented in class.
  We will run through the following topics: 1) when policy problems enter the government agenda and how to research policy problems, 2) how to design successful policy programmes, 3) why decision-makers select certain policies and not others, 4) what happens when a new programme is implemented, 5) how to monitor the performance of a policy and evaluate its effectiveness. Examples and case studies may include the following: public administration reforms, corruption prevention, higher education, social assistance, disaster relief, local development, environmental programmes and others.
  Attending students will be required to draft a policy project or short essay to be discussed during an oral exam. Non-attending students have to pass a written and oral exam based on the research material provided.  
  Readings will be provided during the course and made available directly to students.
  PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be online Monday 3:30-5:30pm; Wednesday 3:30-5:30pm. All classes will be in English, but don’t panic: basic language skills will make you get through successfully.

  • Research material

  RESEARCH MATERIAL
  
  
  

  Public policy Analysis

  • Author: William Dunn
  • Pages: Chapter 3

  A practical guide to policy analysis

  • Author: Eugene Bardach
  • Pages: 1-79

  Understanding policy decisions

  • Author: Bruno Dente
  • Pages: Chapter 6

  When Red Tape Saves Time

  • Author: Simone Busetti & Bruno Dente
  • Journal: International Review of Public Policy

  A theory-based evaluation of food waste policy

  • Author: Simone Busetti 
  • Journal: Food Policy

  Realist synthesis: An introduction

  • Author: Ray Pawson et al
  • Link ebook: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4351/46e6e6617491ff1c4b32b76e0a534c86d6c7.pdf

  
  
  

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    Forum

    Annunci Forum

• 1. Social problems: setting the agenda and measurement

• 2. What governments do: programmes, tools, implementation

• 3. Deciding what to do: policy decisions and strategies

• 4. Understanding what works and why: design, implementation, context

• 5. Did it work? Elements of evaluation research

• Assignment: policy project