Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Public Policy

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	153-0310/04
Abbreviation	VP
Course title	Public Policy
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Public Economics
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Dušan Halásek, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Theoretical part:
- Public policy as a scientific discipline and as a social practice
- The public interest as a public policy goal
- Problem, analysis and definition
- Public policy tools
- Ethics and morals in public policy
- Implementation of public policy

Application part:
- Public policies (local, regional, national, European, global, world)
- Joint EU public policies
- Public policies in the Czech Republic (including communitarian)
- Selected global public policies

Literature

Little, I.M.D. Ethics, Economics and Politics. Principles of Public Policy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-926872-X(pbk).

Advised literature

Bogason, P. Public Policy and Local Governance. University Press,
Cambridge, 2000.
Braun,D., Busch, A. Public Policy. Political Ideas. Edward Elgar Publishing,
Inc., 1999.
Middleton, R. Government versus the Market.University Press, Cambridge, 1996.
Parsons, W. Public policy. Cheltenham: Edvard Elgar Publishing Ltd.,1995.
Peters, B.G. Public Policy Instruments. Edward Elgar Publising, Inc., 1998.

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