Syllabus
Introductory lecture Presentation of the content and conditions the course, explanation of student works and their division. Block 1 Lecture: Theoretical aspects and bases of policy-making process, behavioralism and policy cycle model Seminar 1 Block 2 Lecture: Institutional rational choice : the case of Institutional Analysis and Development Framework (IADF) Seminars 2 Block 3 Lecture: Advocacy coalitions framework (ACF) Seminars 3 + midterm discussion on the course Block 4 Lecture: Multi-stream theory Seminars 4 Block 5 Lecture: Social constructions of target populations Seminars 5 Block 6 Lecture: Comparing theories of policy-making process Seminar 6 + final evaluation of the course and discussion
Annotation
The course, which is scheduled in blocs, is aimed to familiarize students with bases of theoretical thinking about policy-making process and present them some selected explanatory frameworks of this process (stage model, institutional rational choice, advocacy coalition framework, policy networks and social constructions of target groups). The course also tries to guide students to application of theoretical findings to practice and vice-versa and to improve their professional skills in critical study of academic texts and in argument-based communication (debating).