A student who passed this course will be able to:
- identify the key stages and dynamics of "public policy process"
- examine how changing relations between the state and society/economy shape the process
- examine the feasibility of a policy scheme/program by identifying the relative strength and weaknesses of different policy instruments used in relation to the stated policy goals.
- construct an analytical framework to conduct "public policy analysis"
- prepare a policy research proposal
- conduct "policy analysis" targeting a concrete policy problem.
- gather and/or produce empirical information required to evaluate a given policy (program)
- establish connections between a theoretical framework and the empirical material collected via field research.
- develop a critical evaluation of a given policy so as to identify policy alternatives.