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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Public Policy
Semester:
Yearly
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Galit Cohen Blankstein
Coordinator Office Hours:
wed. 12:00-13:00
Teaching Staff:
Nisim Salman
Dr. Galit Cohen-Blankshtain
Course/Module description:
The course concerns with the process of policy analysis and includes the following stages: identify relevant actors, agenda setting, problem definition, alternative identification and criteria setting and decision process. The final outcome of the process is a policy paper.
Course/Module aims:
Creating problems that can be solved
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Write a policy analysis paper
Attendance requirements(%):
75%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Course and workshop
Course/Module Content:
Introduction to public policy and policy analysis
Policy analysis
Existing policy papers
Political context, actors and policy agenda
Problem definition
Group work
Group presentations part 1
Group presentations part 2
Policy options
Cost evaluation
Writing a policy paper
Group presentations part 1
Group presentations part 2
Cost benefit analysis 1
Cost benefit analysis 2
Cost benefit analysis 3
Group work – personal policy paper
Policy implementation - how does the government works?
Policy implementation - how does the government works part B?
Personal paper presentation
Personal paper presentation
Personal paper presentation
Personal paper presentation
Required Reading:
• Deleon P., (1999) “The stage approach to the policy process”, in Sabatier P. (Ed), Theories of the Policy Process, Westview Press, chapter 2
• Weimer, D. and Vining, A., Policy Analysis Concepts and Practice, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, chapter 1, 1989 (chapter 2, 1999)
• Dror, Y. 1967, "Policy Analysts: A New Professional Role in Government Service", Public Administration Review, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 197-203
• Lindblom, C.E. &Woodhose E.J. (1993), The Policymaking Process, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, Chapters 2,3
• Stone D., (1988), Policy paradox and political reason, New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1-14 , 17-34, 210-231
• Kingdon, J.W., (1995) Agenda, Alternatives and Public Policy, Glenview,IL: Scott, Foresman and Co. Chapters 1,8
• Dery, D. (1984), Problem Definition in Policy Analysis, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, pp. xi -27.
• Moore Mark H. (1995), Creating Public Value, Cambridge Mass. Harvard University Press, chapters 1-2, pp.13-5
• Weimer L. David & Vining R. Aidan, (1999) Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, Chapter 9.
• Bardach, E. 2000. A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving. see Appendix
• Stone D., (1988), Policy paradox and political reason, New York: Harper Collins Publishers, chapter 9 (p. 221-223)
• Bardach, E. (2000), A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis, NY Chatham House, pp. xiii-46;71-85
• Weimer L. David & Vining R. Aidan, (1999) Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, Chapters 10-11
• Musso, J., R. Biller and R. Myrtle (2000), "Tradecraft: Professional Writing as Problem Solving", Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 19(4): 635-646
Additional Reading Material:
• Radin A. Beryl, (2000), Beyond Machiavelli: Policy Analysis Comes of Ages, Georgetown University Press, Washington, chapter 1
• Page, Edward C. (2006) “The Origins of Policy” in Michael Moran, Martin Rein and Robert E. Goodin (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 50 %
Assignments 15 %
Reports 10 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 25 %
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