Current Issues in Public Policy - JSM703

• Title: Current Issues in Public Policy
• Guaranteed by: Department of Public and Social Policy (23-KVSP)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/0, C [HT]
• Capacity: 15 / unknown (16)
• Min. number of students: 8
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Additional information: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5152
• 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. Arnošt Veselý, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): prof. PhDr. Arnošt Veselý, Ph.D.
• Class: Courses for incoming students

Annotation

Last update: Mirna Jusić, M.A., Ph.D. (26.02.2024)

This year, the course will address some of the current issues of public policy raised by the continuing war in Ukraine and political developments in the United States. The course will also consider the importance of truth, freedom of speech and privacy, and regulation of the internet. The focus will be on exploring public policy issues in a broader political context.
Moodle:
https://dl1.cuni.cz/enrol/instances.php?id=5152
Password: 2023

Literature

Last update: Mirna Jusić, M.A., Ph.D. (26.02.2024)

Required:
Snyder, Timothy. 2017. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.New York: Tim Duggan Books. (2017), published in both English and Czech

Other suggested readings will be available in moodle

 

Requirements to the exam

Last update: prof. PhDr. Arnošt Veselý, Ph.D. (11.09.2023)

For passing the course it is necessary to fulfill all requirements formulated below, i.e., class participation and final paper.

 

Class participation

-       Students are required to attend in person all 3 classes and be prepared to participate in class discussions and exercises.

 

Final essay

-       At the end of the course, a student is required to write a short paper in which he/she will choose an issue of public policy (from several to be provided), argue both sides and make a conclusion.

-       The approximate length of the paper is 5 double spaced pages, in English.

-       Deadline for the paper is January 12, 2024

-       The final paper must be uploaded via moodle.

 

Grading

The final essays will be graded A-F according to the following criteria:

-       Structure, organization and internal coherence of the essay

-       Insight into topic, originality and use of evidence

-       Clarity of arguments

-       Formal aspects (style, grammar, references)