Policy Analysis Methods - JSM139

• Anglický název: Policy Analysis Methods
• Zajišťuje: Katedra sociologie (23-KS)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2023
• Semestr: zimní
• E-Kredity: 6
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: zimní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: zimní s.:1/1, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (neurčen)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: Mirna Jusić, M.A., Ph.D.

Anotace

Poslední úprava: doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (28.03.2023)

This course will introduce students to the core approaches to policy analysis. It will provide an overview of the key concepts related to different perspectives on the purpose that policy analysis should serve and how it should be performed, as well as different policy analysis methods that will be applied to concrete tasks. The students will thus gain an understanding of the analytical approaches and methods that policy analysts apply to tackle a given public policy problem.

Cíl předmětu

Poslední úprava: doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (28.03.2023)

The main aim is to introduce students to different approaches to policy analysis, as well as help them apply related analytical approaches and methods to different policy problems. Students will be engaged in hands-on application of policy analysis to concrete policy problems. As a result, students will be able to identify different approaches to policy analysis, as well as apply a variety of policy analysis methods.

Podmínky zakončení předmětu

Poslední úprava: doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (28.03.2023)

This course will consist of seminars that will discuss concepts behind different approaches to policy analysis as well as policy analysis methods, to be applied on practical examples. A class where students and the instructor will discuss concepts will usually be followed by one where students will hone their analytical skills by learning and applying different methods. Students will be encouraged to actively participate in seminars. The course will thus typically combine the following parts:

1. Students will read the obligatory readings for each class in advance.
2. Seminars covering policy analysis concepts: short presentation by lecturer, followed bydiscussion of concepts from readings and illustration using cases; in-class exercise; and feedback on students' assignments.
3. Seminars covering policy analysis methods: seminar focused on application of methods on practical examples; a discussion of the readings.

Policy analysis tasks

Students are expected to read the required readings for each seminar. If there are more texts, students are expected to read all of the required texts (recommended papers are optional). After each seminar where policy analysis methods are covered, students will have to complete a task, usually applying a given method or analytical approach. The tasks will be available in Moodle one week prior to its due date. To complete the task, students will have to read the required readings on the given method. The tasks will have to be submitted in written form to Moodle until the end of Sunday, before the next seminar (see deadlines in Moodle).

Group presentations

Students will work in groups to prepare needs analyses on a topic specified by the instructor. The 15- minute group presentations on the results of these analyses will take place during a class in December. Students are expected to prepare the presentations together and contribute equally to the presentation. The presentation should be submitted to Moodle 1 day before the class when it is presented at the latest.

Policy brief

At the end of the semester, students will submit a policy brief of some 2,500 words on a topic proposed by the student and approved by the instructor. Students have three due dates for the brief. First and second terms can be used for obtaining informal feedback. In such a case, indicate in the document title that it is a draft not to be formally evaluated. The third term is a strict deadline, and all submitted documents will be checked for plagiarism and graded. The drafts can be sent to [e-mail] , while the final version must be submitted in Moodle. If the final policy brief is not submitted by the third deadline, the student fails to pass the course.

Literatura

Poslední úprava: doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (28.03.2023)

Bryson, John M. “What to do when stakeholders matter. Stakeholder identification and analysis techniques.” Public Management Revue 6, no. 1 (2004): 21–53.

de Bruijn, Hans and Ernst ten Heuvelhof, “Policy analysis and decision making in a network: how to improve the quality of analysis and the impact on decision making,” Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 20, no. 4 (2002): 232- 242, DOI: 10.3152/147154602781766627

Dunn, William N. “Chapter 5: Prescribing Preferred Policies” [part on CBA], Public Policy Analysis: An Integrated Approach, pp. 209-217 .

Entman, Robert M. “Framing: Towards clarification of a fractured paradigm.” Journal of Communication 43, no. 4 (1993): 51–58

Fischer, Frank, “Policy Expertise and the Argumentative Turn,” Revue française de science politique 63, Issue 3-4 (2013): 579-601.

Li, Ya. “Deliberative policy analysis: towards a methodological orientation,” Policy Studies 40, no. 5 (2019): 437-455

Mayer, Igor S., C. Els van Daalen and Pieter W.G. Bots, “Perspectives on policy analyses: a framework for understanding and design,” International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management (IJTPM) 4, no. 2 (2004): 169-191.

Morse, Kristin and Raymond J. Struyk. “Chapter 3: “Stakeholder Analysis,” Policy Analysis for Effective Development: Strengthening Transition Economies, London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003. pp. 37-49.

Patton, Carl V. and David S. Sawicki, “Chapter 3: Cross-cutting Methods,” Basic methods of policy analysis and planning (3rd ed). Pearson, 2013.

Radin, Beryl A. “Policy Analysis and Advising Decisionmakers: Don’t Forget the Decisionmaker/Client,” Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice 18, issue 3 (2016): 290-301.

Robert E. Goodin, Martin Rein, and Michael Moran, “The Public and its Policies,” The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy, eds. Robert E. Goodin, Michael Moran and Martin Rein, Oxford University Press, 2008. pp. 3-28. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199548453.003.0001

Ross, John A. and Sonia Ben Jafaar. “Participatory Needs Assessment,” The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation 21, no. 1 (2006): 131–154.

van Hulst, Merlijn and Dvora Yanow. “From Policy ‘Frames’ to ‘Framing’: Theorizing a More Dynamic, Political Approach.” The American Review of Public Administration 46, no. 1 (Jan. 2016): 92-112. doi:10.1177/0275074014533142

Weimer, David L. and Aidan R. Vining, “Chapter 14: Gathering Information for Policy Analysis,” (Six edition). New York: Routledge, 2017. , pp. 590-611.

Young, Eoin and Lisa Quinn. Writing Effective Public Policy Papers. Budapest: LGI/OSI, 2002. pp. 22-83.

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (28.03.2023)

Week 1: An introduction to policy analysis (Mirna Jusić)

-  What is public policy analysis

-  What are the different approaches to policy analysis?

Week 2: Gathering Information for Policy Analysis and Cross-cutting Methods (Martin Nekola)

- What data to gather and how?

Week 3: The rational approach: Core concepts (Mirna Jusić)

- Overview of the Rational Approach: background & approach

Week 4: The rational approach: methods (Martin Nekola)

- Simple Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)

Week 5: The argumentative approach: concepts (Mirna Jusić)

● Overview of the argumentative approach: background & approach

Week 6: The argumentative approach: methods (Mirna Jusić)

- Interpreting frames

 

Week 7: The client advice and process approaches: concepts (Mirna Jusić)

- Overview of the client advice/process approaches

Week 8: The client advice and process approaches in practice: methods (Mirna Jusić)

- Stakeholder analysis

Week 9: The participatory and interactive approaches: concepts and methods (Mirna Jusić)

-  Overview of the participatory/interactive approaches

-  Needs analysis

Week 10: Needs analysis presentations (Mirna Jusić)

- Student groups present their needs analyses

Week 11: Communicating policy research, course wrap-up (Mirna Jusić)

-  How is policy research communicated: different outputs

-  Focusing on the policy brief: structure

- Overview of the client advice/process approaches