73163 - Models and Strategies of Governance

Learning outcomes

The goal of the course is to familiarize students with an advanced knowledge both of the many different theorizations on governance in political science and of the main strategies through which  multilevel policy-making is coordinated and steered. Upon successful completion of this course, students should demonstrate an advanced and critical knowledge of the "governance" debate and should be capable to design strategies of governance according to the features of the political context and to  the policy issues at stake.

Course contents

The goal of the course is twofold. The first is to familiarize students with the many different definitions, concepts, and models of governance that will be encountered in discussions of public policies toward governance and governance reform in professional literature of political science and public policy. The second is to equip students with the critical knowledge on the way of working of the governance arrangements (domestic and international) of  some very relevant policy issues.

Thus, the first part of the course (6 weeks) will be devoted to the following theoretical topics:

-        The governance puzzle

-        government and governance

-        governance and policy instruments

-        multi-level governance

-        global governance

 

The  second part (4 weeks) will be devoted to analyze the  institutional arrangements and the way of working of governance in the following policy fields:

-        environment and climate change

-        education

-        welfare

-        water management

Readings/Bibliography

FIRST PART:

-       Bevir, Mark, ed. 2010. The Sage Handbook of Governance. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

-       Farazmand, Ali and Jack Pinkowski, eds. 2006. Handbook of Globalization, Governance, and Public

Administration . London: CRC/Taylor & Francis.

-       Kooiman, Jan ed. 1993. Modern Governance: New Government-Society Interactions. London: Sage.

-       Levi-Faur, David, ed. 2012. The Oxford Handbook of Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

-       Pierre, ed 2000. Debating Governance. Oxford: OUP

SECOND PART:

-       Deacon Bob. 2007. Global Social policy and Governance, Berkely: Sage

-       Harris Leila, Goldin Jacqueline, Sneddon Christopher. 2013. Contemporary Water Governance in the Global South Scarcity, Marketization and Participation . London:  Routledge

-       Park Jacob, Conca Ken, Finger Mathias. 2008. The Crisis of Global Environmental Governance: Towards a New Political Economy of Sustainability. London: Routledge.

-       Rizvi , F. & Lingard, B. 2009. Globalizing Education Policy, London: Routledge.

Teaching methods

The first part of the course will be held by means of frontal lectures. In the second part, lectures will be alternated with seminars on specific topics, with an active participation of students. The actual organization of this classes will be decided together with students.

Assessment methods

40% written exam at the end of first part

30% written exam on a topic to be chosen among a list proposed by the instructor at the end of the second part

30% oral exam at the end of the course on the whole program.

Office hours

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