2024-2025 / SPOL2314-1

Comparative Analysis of Public Action

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in population and development studies, professional focus North-South cooperation6 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences)6 crédits 

Lecturer

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

 
 
The course will cover recent theories of the comparative approaches in public policy analysis : - reflexivity in comparative analysis - comparative analysis at international level; at european level; - methodologies : constructing comparability of analysis.
 

The course is held every odd year (2017-2018, 2019-2020,...).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Develop a critical and methodological comeptence through comparative analysis

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Students have to analyse within a given sector of public policy a series of rapports of comparative analysis : they have to produce a  (max.) 15 pages large written document with a critical presentation of the methodologies mobilised.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

lectures are organised  on the basis of a series of articles and texsts (in French and English) Details concerning the lectures and the personal work will be provided during the introductory course.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

A series of articles are referenced during the cours on My ULg the slides used during the lectures will be made available via My ULg

oral examination : a discussion on the basis of the written report of the personal work; a question on the elements covered during the lectures (restitution) on basis of the reading file. 50% of the final evalution will be based on the personal work

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

The course is held every odd year (2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2019-2020,...).

Contacts

catherine.fallon@ulg.ac.be

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