PAD405: Public Policy Analysis

Module 1 Fundamentals of Public Policy Analysis

• Unit 1 Basic Concepts in Public Policy
• Unit 2 Nature and Scope of Public Policy
• Unit 3 Typologies of Public Policy
• Unit 4 Public Policy and Social Sciences: The Nexus
• Unit 5 Uses and process of public policy

Module 2 Public Policy Environments

• Unit 1 Actors in Public Policy Process
• Unit 2 Decision making process
• Unit 3 Policy making cycle
• Unit 4 Bureaucracy and Public Policy Making
• Unit 5 Impact of the Environment on Policy Making and Implementation

Module 3 Key Elements, Policy and Decision-Making theories

• Unit 1 Tools of Policy-Making Analysis
• Unit 2 Ecology of Public Policy Analysis
• Unit 3 Public Policy Models
• Unit 4 Theories of Public Policy Making
• Unit 5 Theories of Decision-Making

Module 4 Planning and Public Policy Analysis

• Unit 1 Concept and Strategies of Planning
• Unit 2 Phases in Public Policy Analysis
• Unit 3 Planning, Programming and Budgeting System
• Unit 4 Networking in Public Policy Analysis
• Unit 5 Planning in Third World Countries

Module 5 Public Policy Techniques and Evaluation

• Unit 1 Techniques in Public Policy Analysis
• Unit 2 Determinants of Policy Success or Failure
• Unit 3 Dynamics of Policy Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation
• Unit 4 Budget and public policy
• Unit 5 Assessment of few public policies