POLICY PROCESS AND ITS ANALYSIS

PSIR348

Course Code: PSIR348
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Cihan Dizdaroğlu

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Assess the concept of public policy, its process and how public policies affect their daily lives.
Learn how the public policy process works and to analyze the policies during the stages of policy making and implementation.
Learn decision making methods as the result of policy process and analysis.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

Course Description

This course examines how policies are created, implemented, evaluated and held accountable in the current social, economic and political environment. The course is designed to promote an understanding of the theories and approaches to policy analysis and to help the student to acquire a working knowledge of the skills involved in the practice of policy analysis in the area of international relations and public administration.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	What is Public Policy? The basic concepts and various contexts of public policies
2^nd Week	The institutional and political actors of the policy process. The official and unofficial actors
3^rd Week	The theories of public policy
4^th Week	The categories of public policy
5^th Week	Problem definition and agenda setting
6^th Week	Power, the exercise of power in public policy and interest groups
7^th Week	Mid-term exam
8^th Week	Legitimizing policies. Policy tools
9^th Week	Implementation of policies
10^th Week	Evaluation of policies and policy change
11^th Week	The models of policy process
12^th Week	Policy analysis, its tools and stages
13^th Week	Deciding on analysis method
14^th Week	Contributions of a proper analysis to institutional and political actors

Recommended or Required Reading

Required Reading
Birkland, Thomas A. (2005). An Introduction to the Policy Process. Theories, Concepts, and Models of Public Policy Making. 2nd Edition. New York: M. E. Sharpe.
Recommended Readings
Hogwood, Brian & Lewis Gunn (1997). 'Why Perfect Implementation is Unattainable', in The Policy Process: A Reader. Essex: Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf (217-225).
Jenkins, Bill (1997). 'Policy Analysis: Models and Approaches', in The Policy Process: A Reader. Essex: Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf (30-52).
Kraft, Scott R. Furlong (2007). Public Policy. Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives. 2nd Edition. Washington: CQ Press.
Minogue, Martin (1997). 'Theory and Practice in Public Policy and Analysis', in The Policy Process: A Reader. Essex: Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf (10-29).
Sabatier, Paul, A. (1997). 'Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Implementation Reserach', in The Policy Process: A Reader. Essex: Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf (272-295).
Smith, Gilbert & David May (1997). 'The Artificial Debate Between Rationalist and Incrementalist Models of Decision Making', in The Policy Process: A Reader. Essex: Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf (163-174).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Project

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	35
Project	1	20
Attendance	1	10
Total(%)		65
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		65
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		35
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1.5	1.5
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	2	28
Preparation for Final exam	1	35	35
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	25	25
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1.5	1.5
Homework
Project	1	20	20
Total Work Load			153
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.1
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1
K2
K3
K4		X
K5	X	X
K6	X
K7
K8
K9	X	X	X
K10	X
K11	X	X	X
K12	X
K13