B028825 - ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF PUBLIC POLICIES

ITALIAN

GOVERNMENT & GOVERNANCE, PUBLIC POLICY, EVALUATION

LIPPI, A. CORSO DI POLITICHE PUBBLICHE 2017 (MOOC PLATFORM) (http://www.federica.eu/c/corso_di_politiche_pubbliche) (2017), TO GET THE TEXT:
1. REGISTER (FEDERICA.EU PLATFORM): http://www.federica.eu/login.php?register
2. SIGN UP THE CLASSS CORSO DI POLITICHE PUBBLICHE (http://www.federica.eu/c/corso_di_politiche_pubbliche);
3. a second version is available at the following address: https://www.edx.org/course/le-politiche-pubbliche-come-strategia-di-governo. both websites are free.

to give the students an overview on the main concepts about methodology and contents on governing at local, central and supranational level, including analystical and evaluative tools

a background on methodology of social sciences with a specific regard to political science, sociology, econoics and law

Lectures and laboratories with a MOOC platform

the program of the class is the same for attending or not studentents. participation is not mandatory. students from the degree course in Sociology and social research (6CFU) may exclude the following units: 1,2,4 and 7

oral examination

The subject.
Theories of public policy
Policy change and the razionality of public policy.
State and Public policy
Typoligies of publico policies.
strategies and instruments
Types of policy instruments
Policy design and policy
style
Government & Governance
Power arenas
Policy analysis
The independent variables
The policy cycle
The issue making
Agenda setting
Policy transfer
Decision making
Theories of decision making
The exclusive arenas
The inclusive arenas
The implementation Bureaucracies and public policies
Methodologies for research
Research Strategies: case studies and comparative approaches
The policy evaluation
The evaluation methodology
The ex post evaluation
Ex post research designs
The ongoing evaluation
On going research designs
Benchmarking