This course is available on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy and BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course is not available to third year students.
This course is available on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy and BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course is not available to third year students.
Courses in Social Policy will follow the Teaching Model which has been adopted by the Department of Social Policy during the period of the pandemic. This is outlined HERE:?https://www.lse.ac.uk/social-policy/Current-Students/teaching-in-the-department-of-social-policyThis course will be taught through a combination of either a recorded lecture plus a follow-up Q and A session or a ?live? on-line lecture; and classes/seminars of 1-1.5 hours (with size and length of classes/seminars depending on social distancing requirements).Further information will be provided by the Course Convenor in the first lecture of the course.
Students will be expected to produce 4 exercises and 2 presentations in the MT and LT. Students will be expected to produce 4 x short commentaries on specific questions and 2 presentations in the MT and LT. The best 3 of 4 commentaries will make up part of their summative assessment. Students will be working in groups which will present short in-class exercises. Through group work and the feedback they will get throughout MT and the LT they will receive support for their poster preparations and presentations.
Fischer, Frank (2010) reframing Public Policy: Discursive Politics and Deliberative Practices. London: OUP. Hoppe, Robert (2011) The Governance of Problems: Puzzling, Powering and Participation. Bristol: Policy Press. Kingdon, J. (1995) Agendas, alternatives and public policies, NY: Longman. Ostrom, Elinor (2015) Governing the Commons: the Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. London: CUP. Pawson, Ray (2013) The Science of Evaluation. London: Sage. Stone, Deborah (2012) Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making. NY: Norton.
Coursework (30%, 500 words) in the MT and LT. Presentation (25%, 500 words) in the LT. Report (45%) in the ST. We will assess students at three stages: 4 short?policy commentaries on specific questions which will be completed across the year. Students will get feedback on each and, the best of these will be taken as their 30% coursework mark Students will be put into groups in MT to choose a policy area of interest and use it to link analytical discussions from the class to their own analysis of a particular policy implemented in that field. Each group is expected to produce (with the support of their teachers) a poster to discuss their analysis and to present to the class during?LT. This exercise (both the production and presentation) will contribute to 25 % of their?overall mark Students will write a short report on their presentation and on the feedback they receive on their contribution to the poster. This is due in ST and will be the final 45% of their overall mark for the course.