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SP60290: Transformational policy and practice

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2019/0
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Further information on credits Credits: 18      [equivalent to 36 CATS credits]
Further information on notional study hours Notional Study Hours: 360
Further information on unit levels Level: Doctoral (FHEQ level 8)
Further information on teaching periods Period:
Academic Year
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework (CW 100% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites: This unit is only available to students on the Professional Doctorate in Policy Research and Practice.
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
The aim of this unit to provide students on the Professional Doctorate in Policy Research and Practice with thorough high-level theoretical understandings of 'policy' and policy making and how they relate to practice.

Learning Outcomes:
Learning outcomes for this unit are:
1. A critical high-level understanding of different approaches to and understanding of 'policy' and 'policy-making'
2. A critical awareness of the range of institutions and actors that shape policy-making and implementation
3. Knowledge and critical understanding of different techniques and methodologies associated with analysis of policy at different levels
4. Critical awareness of the range of policy choices in different arenas and understanding of the choices and conflicts these embody.

Skills:
Students successfully taking this unit will have:
1. Developed critical policy analysis skills including the ability to analyse and evaluate policy making processes and outcomes in a range of international settings
2. Enhanced ability to synthesise information from a range of sources
3. Ability to critically evaluate and assess research.

Content:
1. What is 'policy' and who 'makes' it?
2. The political economy of policy-making I: Public choice theory
3. The political economy of policy-making II: Collective action
4. Understanding policy-making I: Critical governance
5. Understanding policy-making II: Epistemic communities
6. Understanding policy-making III: Interests and ideas
7. Policy arenas I: Social policy
8. Policy arenas II: Economic policy
9. Policy arenas II: Foreign policy
10. The global geography of policy-making: Local, national, regional, and global.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

SP60290 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • RHSP-APD04 : Professional Doctorate in Policy Research and Practice

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