Syllabus
Bloc I Knowlegde of and for policy process; polity-politics-policy dimensions Introduction to the course Bloc II Political system Bloc III Liberal democracy: theory and practice Bloc IV Political parties as actors in public policies Bloc V Interest groups as actors in public policies Bloc VI Knowledge and expertise in public policies There is detailed version of the syllabus available to inscribed students in the Moodle application.
Annotation
The course is focusing on conceptualization of contextual influences which affect a policy-making process, i.e. on spatial anchoring of public policies in a political system and influence of polity and politics on the policy-making process.
At the practical level, the course is intended to develop students´ critical thinking about the policy-making process, converting of theoretical findings into practice and back, and developing their skills in critical studying of academic texts and argument-based communication (debating).