POLITICS 856 - ISSUES IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY
POLITICS 856 - ISSUES IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY
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Dr. Michael Howlett
AQ 6043 Phone: 291-3082
Office Hrs: Thurs. 1:30-2:30
Class Time: Tuesday 2:30-5:30 and as needed
Class Location: Political Science Meeting Room
WEEKLY READING LIST - Revised
NOTE: IN Weeks I-V students should post at least three comments/queries on required and/or recommended readings to the class newsgroups sfu.class.pol.pol856. IN Weeks VI-XIII suggested readings on paper topics should be posted by students on their personal WWW homepages and to the newsgroup. Access to the personal homepages is available through the class WWW homepage at URL:http://www.sfu.ca/~howlett/856961.html.
WEEK I: THE POLICY SCIENCES (I): INTRODUCTION
January 9
Required Reading:
Lasswell, Harold D. "The Policy Orientation." In The Policy Sciences, edited by D. Lerner and H. D. Lasswell. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1951.
Sabatier, Paul A. "Toward Better Theories of the Policy Process." PS: Political Science and Politics, June (1991): 144-156.
Recommended Reading:
Michael Howlett and M. Ramesh, Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1995) Chapters 1-5
WEEK II: THE POLICY SCIENCES (II): AGENDA SETTING
January 16
Required Reading:
Kingdon, John W. Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1984. 173-204
Frank Baumgartner and Bryan Jones, Agendas and Instability in American Politics (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993) Chapters 4-5
Recommended Reading:
Cobb, R., J.K. Ross, and M.H. Ross. "Agenda-Building as a Comparative Political Process." American Political Science Review 70, no. 1 (1976): 126-138.
Frank R. Baumgartner, and Bryan D. Jones. "Agenda Dynamics and Policy Subsystems." Journal of Politics. 53, no. 4 (1991): 1044-1074.
Michael Howlett and M. Ramesh, Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1995) Chapter 6
WEEK III: THE POLICY SCIENCES (III): POLICY FORMULATION
January 23
Required Reading:
Van Waarden, Franz. "Dimensions and Types of Policy Networks." European Journal of Political Research 21(1992): 29-52.
Atkinson, Michael M. and William D. Coleman. "Policy Networks, Policy Communities and the Problems of Governance." Governance 5, no. 2 (1992): 154-180.
Recommended Reading:
Michael Howlett and M. Ramesh, Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1995) Chapter 7
Patrick Kenis and Volker Schneider, "Policy Networks and Policy Analysis: Scrutinizing a New Analytical Toolbox" in Bernd Marin and Renate Mayntz, ed. Policy Networks: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Considerations. (Boulder: Westview Press, 1991). pp. 25-62
John P. Heinz, . et al. "Inner Circles or Hollow Cores." Journal of Politics. 52, no. 2 (1990): 356-390.
WEEK IV: THE POLICY SCIENCES (IV): DECISION-MAKING
January 30
Required Reading:
Forrester, John. "Bounded Rationality and the Politics of Muddling Through." Public Administration Review44, no. 1 (1984): 23-30.
Lindblom, Charles. "The Science of Muddling Through." Public Administration Review 19, no. 2 (1959): 79-88. and Lindblom, Charles. "Still Muddling, Not Yet Through." Public Administration Review 39(1979): 517-529.
Recommended Reading:
Smith, Gilbert and David May. "The Artificial Debate Between Rationalist and Incrementalist Models of Decision-Making." Policy and Politics 8(1980): 147-161.
Bryan D. Jones, Reconceiving Democratic Decision-Making (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994) Chapters 1-3
Michael Howlett and M. Ramesh, Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1995) Chapter 8
WEEK V: POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
February 6
Required Reading:
Howlett, Michael. "Policy Instruments, Policy Styles, and Policy Implementation: National Approaches to Theories of Instrument Choice." Policy Studies Journal 19, no. 2 (1991): 1-21.
Linder, S.H. and B.G. Peters. "Instruments of Government: Perception and Contexts"." Journal of Public Policy 9, no. 1 (1989): 35-58.
Salamon, Lester M. and Michael S. Lund. "The Tools Approach: Basic Analytics." In Beyond Privatization: The Tools of Government Action, edited by L. S. Salamon. Washington D.C: Urban Institute, 1989.
Recommended Reading:
Salaman, Lester. "Rethinking Public Management: Third Party Goverment and the Changing Forms of Government Action." Public Policy 29, no. 3 (1981): 255-275.
Hood, Christopher. "Using Bureaucracy Sparingly." Public Administration 61(1983): 197-208.
Tupper, A. and G.B. Doern. "Public Corporations and Public Policy in Canada." In Public Corporations and Public Policy in Canada, edited by A. Tupper and G. B. Doern. Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1981.
WEEK VI: Research Week - Paper I (Contemporary Issues)
February 13
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WEEK VII: Post and Comment Week - Paper I (Contemporary Issues)
February 20
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WEEK VIII: Presentation Week - Paper I (Contemporary Issues)
February 27
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WEEK IX: Research Week - Paper II (Policy Instruments)
March 5
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WEEK X: Post and Comment Week - Paper II (Policy Instruments)
March 12
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WEEK XI: Presentation Week - Paper I (Contemporary Issues)
March 19
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WEEK XII: Research Week - Paper III (Actors)
March 26
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WEEK XIII: Post and Comment Week - Paper III (Actors)
April 2
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WEEK XIV: Presentation Week - Paper III (Actors)
April 9
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