Lectures

Students' understanding of the methodology by which public action bodies design, consult, implement, monitor and evaluate public policies within their remit, understood as the development of large-scale public interventions in each field of socio-economic activity.

Knowledge: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be familiar with the different levels of public policy interventions and ways of methodological classification, techniques for analyzing problems and opportunities, the basic theories of decision-making and ways of ontological and ethical analysis, the link between the stages of public policy implementation and in particular the link between planning, implementation and evaluation. They will also be aware of the distribution of policy areas between local, national, and supranational administrations and will understand the concept of public goods and the processes of their design, production and evaluation.

Skills: Students will be able to effectively use programmatic and planning skills to formulate stages and steps in the development and implementation of sectoral policies at all levels of administrative action, in sectoral policy analysis, program design and implementation and results evaluation.

Competencies: Students will be able to contribute to problem analysis and to the design and implementation of administrative programs at national, regional, and local levels.

- Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

- Adaptation to new situations

- Decision-making

- Teamwork

- Working in an international environment

- Working in an interdisciplinary environment

- Project planning and management

- Respect for diversity and multiculturalism

- Demonstrating social, professional and ethical responsibility and gender sensitivity

- Exercising critical and self-critical judgement

- Promotion of free, creative and deductive thinking

The course is developed in 13 units, in corresponding lectures:

1.Definitions

- Different levels of public policy interventions

- Classification of public policies according to Lowi

2.Categorisation of public products

3.The State according to Max Weber

4.Linear Models of Public Policy Analysis,

- The Black Box Model,

- The Hogwood and Gunn Model,

- Cost-benefit analysis,

5.Non-linear approaches,

- The Subjects,

- The Meanings,

6.The Theories of Decision Making

7.Linear Decision Models

- (One Best Way),

- Satisfactory Decision - Herbert Simon,

8.Similarities and differences of linear models,

9.Evidence-based policy making,

10.Non-linear decision making models,

11.Synthesis of linear and non-linear models,

12.Public Policy, Negotiation and Consultation,

- Public Dialogue,

- Public Consultation,

- The Public Debate, Public Policy, Public Consultation,

13.The exercise of public policies in Greece

- Morphological characteristics of public policy making in Greece

- Problems of public policy making in Greece

- Language of Evaluation: greek

- Type of assessment.

- Evaluation format:

Extended Development Questions and Case Study Analysis (100% of the mark)

Assessment Criteria:

- Understanding of concepts and methods as evidenced by the adequacy and conceptual completeness of the answers and case study analysis.

- The criteria can be accessed in the 'Course information - Assessment/examination methods' rubric on the course website

1.Theodoros N. Tsekos, 2014, Public Policy, University Notes, University of Peloponnese.

2.Passas Argyris, Theodoros Tsekos,2009, National Administration and European Integration, Papazisis Publications.

3.Spano K (Ed.),2010, Public Policies in Greece, Papazisis Publications

4.Georgarakis Nikos, 2018, Strategy and procedures for the design and implementation of public policies in Greece, National Centre for Social Research Publications

5.Ladi St., Dalakou V., 2016, Public Policy Analysis, Papazisis Publications