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Public Policy - JSM521
Title: Veřejná politika
Guaranteed by: Department of Public and Social Policy (23-KVSP)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2016 to 2016
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 9
Examination process: winter s.:written
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:10/4, Ex [HS]
Extent per academic year: 14 [hours]
Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (45)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: combined
Teaching methods: combined
Level: basic
Additional information: http://www.martinpotucek.cz/
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: prof. PhDr. Martin Potůček, CSc., M.Sc.
Teacher(s): Petra Chalupová
prof. PhDr. Martin Potůček, CSc., M.Sc.
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Annotation -
Last update: prof. PhDr. Martin Potůček, CSc., M.Sc. (13.09.2021)
The course aims to introduce students to the study of public policy as a discipline, within a broader context of the development of contemporary societies.
Aim of the course -
Last update: prof. PhDr. Martin Potůček, CSc., M.Sc. (13.09.2021)
The course aims to introduce students to the study of public policy as a discipline; to exemplify public policy’s practical application and the ways public policy as a scientific discipline attempts to apprehend social problems and devise solutions thereof; to do so by defining the key terms, theories and approaches of public policy; to engage students in critical thinking and studying, systematic work with scholarly literature, and writing scholarly texts which might stem from their practical working experience.
Literature -
Last update: prof. PhDr. Martin Potůček, CSc., M.Sc. (13.09.2021)

Potůček, M. et al. 2016. Public Policy. Prague, Karolinum Press. (In print. Available at Jinonice Library for in-house study.)

Howlett, M., Ramesh, M.: 2009. Studying Public Policy. Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Potůček, M., LeLoup, L., Jenei, G. and Váradi, L. 2003. Public Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: Theories, Methods, Practices. Bratislava: NISPAcee.

Routledge Handbook of Public Policy. 2013. London and New York: Routledge

 

Syllabus
Last update: prof. PhDr. Martin Potůček, CSc., M.Sc. (09.09.2018)

Veřejná politika

Course website: http://martinpotucek.cz/vyuka

Code: JSM521

Course Master: Prof. Martin Potůček, PhD, CSc, MSc, et al. http://martinpotucek.cz

Course type: Mandatory

Course extent: 2

Number of credits: 9 

Language of instruction: Czech

Conditions of registration: Admission into in-service master courses of any field taught at the FSV UK.

Completion: The examination consists of a written part (answers to set questions; students can chose one of alternative topics ? max 60 points) and the assessment of a paper presented by the student (max 40 points).

Collected points: Evaluation:
80 and more Excellent
65-79 Very good
50-64 Good
49 and less Failed

Recommended synopsis of paper:
? Introduction
? Definition of cognitive or practical problem (how the paper helps to better grasp the problem)
? Recapitulation of current level of findings (references to authors and sources)
? Theoretical outcomes (optionally also: hypotheses, concept model(s)
? Characteristic of applied methods (why, limitations, application methods)
? Procedure and outcomes of analysis (to be structured)
? Conclusion (including critical evaluation of achieved outcomes and recommendations for further research)
? Sources
? Supplements (optional)

Basic characteristic of the course: The course aims  to introduce students to the study of public policy as a discipline, within a broader context of the development of contemporary societies.

Goals of the course: The course aims to introduce students to the study of public policy as a discipline; to exemplify public policy’s practical application and the ways public policy as a scientific discipline attempts to apprehend social problems and devise solutions thereof; to do so by defining the key terms, theories and approaches of public policy; to engage students in critical thinking and studying, systematic work with scholarly literature, and writing scholarly texts.

Basic sources: 

Potůček, M. a kol.: Veřejná politika. Praha, C. H. BECK 2016.

Potůček, M. a kol.: Veřejná politika. Praha, Sociologické nakladatelství 2005. (2. vydání 2010.)

Nekola, M., Geissler, H., Mouralová, M. (Eds.) Současné metodologické otázky veřejné politiky. Praha: Karolinum. 2011.

Veselý, A. – Nekola, M. (eds.): Analýza a tvorba veřejných politik. Praha, Sociologické nakladatelství 2007.

Veselý, A.: Vymezení a strukturace problému ve veřejné politice. Praha: Karolinum 2010.

Advanced sources

Dahl, R.A.: Demokracie a její kritici. Praha, Victoria Publishing 1995.

Drulák, P. a kol.: Jak zkoumat politiku. Praha, Portál 2008.

Dvořáková, Vl. – Kunc, J. (eds.): Demokracie a ústavnost. Praha, Karolinum 1996. 2. vydání 1999.

Etzioni, A.: Morální dimenze ekonomiky. Praha, Victoria Publishing 1995.

Fiala, P. - Schubert, K..: Moderní analýza politiky. Uvedení do teorií a metod policy analysis. Praha, Barrister & Principal 2000.

Howlet, M. – Ramesh, M.: Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems, Oxford, Oxford University Press 1995.

Keller, J.: Sociologie byrokracie a organizace. Praha, Slon 1996.

Ochrana, Fr. a kol.: Strategické řízení ve veřejné správě a přístupy k tvorbě politiky. Praha: Matfyzpress, 2010.

Ochrana, Fr.: Veřejný sektor a efektivní rozhodování. Praha, Management Press 2001.

Potůček, M. – Musil, J. – Mašková, M. (eds.): Strategické volby pro Českou republiku. Teoretická východiska. Praha, Sociologické nakladatelství 2008.

Potůček, M. a kol. Strategické vládnutí a Česká republika. Praha, Grada 2007.

Potůček, M. a kol.: Poznávání budoucnosti jako výzva. Praha, Karolinum 2011.

Potůček, M.: Cesty z krize. Praha, Sociologické nakladatelství 2011.

Potůček, M.: Nejen trh. Praha, Sociologické nakladatelství 1997.

Potůček, M.: Sociální politika. Praha, Sociologické nakladatelství 1995.

Prorok, Vladimír. Tvorba rozhodování a analýza v politice. Praha: Grada 2012.

Říchová, Bl.: Přehled moderních politologických teorií. Praha, Portál 2000.

 

 
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