SP52114: Public policy: politics, theory and practice
[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
| Credits: | 20 [equivalent to 40 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 400 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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- Modular - September Start (M02)
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 80%, CWRI 20% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Seen exam (CWRI 20%)
- Long essay (CWES 80%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
At the end of the unit, students will have:
- critical and in-depth understanding of the forces and interests that shape public policy, internationally, nationally and locally, and how these vary across different policy and political settings. (T/A)
- comprehensive knowledge of dominant and cutting edge theories of what public policy is for, how public policies are made, and how they shape social, political and economic life. (T/A)
- critical understanding of the political and normative origins, and strengths and weaknesses, of these explanations, applied to a diverse range of policy cases. (T/A)
- in-depth understanding of how global, regional and national political economies intersect with social and political forces to transform - or reproduce - public policies and politics. (T/A)
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| Synopsis: | Explore key theories of public policy, their historical origins and contemporary applicability.
You'll receive an in-depth introduction to theories of social, economic and political change and how they can be used to understand processes of transformation of the state and governance structures. You'll study the challenges that these pose for contemporary public policymaking and how public policy is understood, made and contested in diverse institutional settings.
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| Content: | - This unit provides a comprehensive introduction to, and critique of, the dominant theories of public policy, their historical origins and contemporary applicability.
- Advanced critical introduction to the links between the transformation of the state and governance structures, the wider social, economic and political changes, and the challenges that these pose for contemporary public policymaking.
- In-depth and critical introduction to the economic, political and social contexts that shape how public policy is understood, made and contested in diverse settings.
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| Course availability: |
SP52114 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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