Face-to-face , second term, 30 hours of theory and 15 hours of exercises.

Second term
Tuesday from 19:15 to 21:15

French

The objective of this course is to present to students the conceptual but also analytical and methodological tools aimed at understanding the construction of public policies.
Students will then be presented with a panorama of policy analysis as an academic discipline, but they will also be familiarized with the application of this toolbox to understand and question contemporary public action.

For the Bachelor in Political Sciences: General (Evening Programme) :

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The course is divided into 2 distinct parts: a “course” section and a “seminar/travaux pratiques - monitoring of the realization of the final work” section.
As far as the “course” part is concerned, the sessions are divided into two parts: first, a theoretical lecture and, second a presentation by the teacher of a practical case that aims to illustrate the concepts discussed in the lecture on the basis on scientific articles.
For each session of the “course” section, a list of entries, taken from the Dictionnaire des politiques publiques (Presses de Sciences Po, 2014), related to the theme of the session, is provided. Reading these texts before the sessions is mandatory. It allows students to better prepare these sessions and take an active part in them.
With regard to the “seminar” part, it is centered on the monitoring and accompaniment of the realization of the final work. Students are expected to submit a note circumscribing their research object by March 30th. This note will be returned in writing during the Easter holiday and will allow students to prepare for the seminar/travaux pratiques sessions. During these sessions, the students will take turns presenting their analytical framework. This presentation is discussed in class with the assistant and the other students. Each of these sessions is also an opportunity to recall the guidelines necessary to carry out a work of this type.

1. GENERAL PRESENTATION
- Public policies: definition, typology, historical landmarks
- The actors of the public policies
- Sequential analysis 1: construction and agenda-setting of public problems
- Sequential analysis 2: decision, implementation, termination

2. CHANGE IN PUBLIC POLICIES
- Small scale change and constraint related to “choices of the past”
- Rapid and large-scale change
- Gradual and transformative change
- Invisible change and public policy instruments

3. TRANSFORMATIONS IN PUBLIC POLICIES
- Effects on, effects of: public policies in context

Lectures, case analysis, collective discussion of readings
Methodological and analytical accompaniement of the final written work

The evaluation of students is based on two elements: the completion of an individual final work of analysis of a particular public policy and the oral defense of this final work.
Students are also asked to submit two other intermediate assignments:
- a note presenting the chosen object (precise policy measure or program) for the final work;
- an oral presentation of the analytical framework chosen for their final work. This presentation will take place during one of the sessions dedicated to the discussion of the topics and the accompaniment of the final work.

- BOUSSAGUET, Laurie, JACQUOT, Sophie, RAVINET, Pauline (eds.), Dictionnaire des politiques publiques, Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 2014 (4th ed.).

- HASSENTEUFEL, Patrick, Sociologie politique : l'action publique, Paris, Armand Colin, 2011 (2nd ed.).

- KÜBLER, Daniel, DE MAILLARD, Jacques, Analyser les politiques publiques, Grenoble, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 2015 (2nd ed.).

- MULLER, Pierre, Les politiques publiques, « Que sais-je ? », Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 2015 (11th ed.).