The State, Institutions and Public Policies

Διδάσκοντες:

Faculty Instructor:

ECTS:

5

Κωδικός Μαθήματος:

Code:

ΚΥ0502

Κύκλος / Επίπεδο:

Cycle / Level:

Undergraduate

Υποχρεωτικό / Επιλογής:

Compulsory / Optional:

Compulsory

Περίοδος Διδασκαλίας:

Teaching Period:

Spring

Περιεχόμενο Μαθήματος:

Course Content:

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the mechanisms of state action from the perspectives of new institutionalism and public policy analysis. Firstly, the main theoretical approaches of the formulation, implementation, evaluation and change of public policies at supranational, national and subnational level, are being examined. In this context, particular emphasis is placed on the analysis of neo-institutionalist approaches (rational choice, historical, sociological, discursive). The theoretical discussion is followed by the study of selected cases from two specific policy fields: a) social and employment policy (and the crisis of the Greek welfare state in particular) and b) the implementation of EU cohesion policy by the Greek system of public policy making.

Course modules

1. Introduction: main concepts
2. The new institutionalist approach
3. Rational choice institutionalism
4. Historical institutionalism
5. Sociological institutionalism
6. Discursive institutionalism
7. Τhe public policy cycle: agenda-setting, policy formulation and decision-making
d) Τhe public policy cycle: policy implementation and evaluation
9. Exogenous factors: globalization and Europeanization
10. Institutions and public policies in Greece

Μαθησιακά Αποτελέσματα:

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will:
-acquire a comprehensive view of the methodological problems and dilemmas accompanying public policy formulation and implementation
-recognize and assess the thematic and political linkages underpinning the actions of public actors in a globalized environment and in the context of the European Union
– be able to follow and/ or evaluate specific public policies and/or actions in a consistent and theortically informed manner