CANCELLED: Polforsk summer school - stream 3: Public Policy: Explaining policy change
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Responsible: Michael Baggesen-Klitgaard (Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Southern Denmark) and Christoffer Green-Pedersen (Professor, Political Science, Aarhus University)
From: 2012/05/20 to: 2012/05/23
Registration Deadline: 2012/04/20
Place: Torvehallerne, Vejle: Kirketorvet 12, 7100 Vejle
Fee: 3500 kr.
ECTS (Get approval from your own department!!!): 4½
Short description: The aim of the workshop is to present and discuss theories dealing with questions about change and stability of public policy.
Lecturers: Michael Baggesen-Klitgaard (Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Southern Denmark) and Christoffer Green-Pedersen (Professor, Political Science, Aarhus University). Key notes: Giuliano Bonoli (Professor IDHEAP - Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration); Patrick Marier (Associate Professor, Political Science, Concordia University)
Further information: mbk@sam.sdu.dk
Thematic
outline of the Public Policy Stream Explaining
public policy developments remain a central issue within political
science, and the discussion about public policy determinants, policy
change and stability figures prominently on the scholarly agenda. The
public policy stream of the Danish Ph.d. summer school engage in
particular with the discussion about the determinants of modern
public policy developments. Central questions to discuss in this
stream are, for example, whether partisanship continues to matter for
policy formation in advanced democracies also in the era of demising
class politics; the impact of political institutions on the
development, or non-development, of policy programs; the role policy
ideas, learning and knowledge plays for the facilitation of policy
adoption and policy change; and the relationship between
agenda-dynamics and stability and change. There is, in short, a wide
range of theories that are central to discuss and elaborate to
understand public policy in advanced nations. It is the ambition of
this stream to cover most of these theoretical issues. Deciding
upon a theoretical perspective to analyze public policy is important
to any policy research project. But just as important are the
methodological decisions about how to define the dependent variable,
how it should be researched and measured, the type of data that
should be collected in order to answer properly the raised questions.
It is the intention of this stream also to create a forum for the
discussion of this type of questions. Hence, we invite papers to the
stream that confronts the various theoretical and methodological
challenges associated with the study of public policy regardless of
whether the focus is on analyzing the processes of policy making or
the study of policy outcomes. The stream consists of lectures and
discussions addressing the theoretical and methodological issues on
which the stream is focusing, facilitated by the coordinaters and two
keynotes with specific expertise in the subject matter. But it is
also central for the stream to offer participants an opportunity to
present papers and own work in order to have things discussed in an
open atmosphere. And we welcomes all kind of papers; from a few pages
that presents the ideas and general thoughts of recently started
Ph.d.-projects, to the more polished papers almost ready for
submission. Outline
of the Program Monday 9.00-11.00:
Check-in, welcomes and introduction: Common for the Summer school 11.00-12.00:
Christoffer
Green-Pedersen:
Public policy as the dependent variable in comparative political
analysis 12.00-13.30:
Lunch break 13.30-15.00:
Keynote I: Giuliano Bonoli: How much do institutions matter? Stability and convergence in social policy making in OECD countries" Literature: Bonoli, G. (2010). "The political economy of active labour market policies." Politics & Society 38(4): 435-457. Green-Pedersen,
Christoffer (2004) “The
Dependent Variable Problem within the Study of Welfare-State
Retrenchment: Defining the problem and looking for solutions,
Journal
of Comparative Policy Analysis,
6 (1), 3-14. Jordan,
Andrew et al. (eds.) (2012) Dismantling Public Policy, Oxford,
Oxford University Press Tuesday 9.00-11.00:
Michael
Baggesen Klitgaard:
Reforming public policy beyond class politics 11.00-12.00:
Paper presentation 12.00-13.30:
Lunch
break 13.30-15.00:
Key note II: Patrick Marier: Sources of Expertise in Executive Styles and Their Impact on the Policy Making Process: Evidence from Canada 15.00-18.00:
Paper presentations Literature Elmelund-Præstekær,
Christian & Michael Baggesen Klitgaard (forthcoming). “Policy
or Institution? The Political Choice of Retrenchment Strategy”,
Journal
of European Public Policy Hausermann,
Silja (2010). “Solidarity with whom? Why Organized labour is
losing ground in Continental pension politics”, European
Journal of Political Research
49: 223-256 Starke,
Peter (2006). “The Politics of Welfare State Retrenchment: A
Literature Review”, Social
Policy & Administration,
40:1, 104-120. Wednesday 9.00-11.00:
Michael
Baggesen Klitgaard:
Public policy and the struggle for power 11.00-12.00:
Paper Presentation 12.00-13.30:
Lunch
break 13.30-15.00:
Christoffer
Green-Pedersen:
Parties, policies and agenda setting 15.00-18.00 Literature
Hacker, Jacob S. &
Paul Pierson (2010) “Winner-Take-All Politics: Public Policy,
Political Organization, and the Precipitous Rise of Top Incomes in
the United States”, Politics
& Society 38(2):
152-204. Klitgaard,
Michael Baggesen (2007). “Social Democracy and Market Oriented
Welfare State Reforms”, West
European Politics 30(1):
172-94. Baumgartner,
Frank R., Bryan D. Jones & John Wilkerson (2011) ”Comparative
Studie of Policy Dynamics”, Comparative
Political Studies,
44(8), 947-972. Green-Pedersen,
Christoffer & Jesper Krogstrup (2008), ”Immigration as a
political issue in Denmark and Sweden”, European
Journal of Political Research,
47(5) 610-638. Thursday 9.00-11.00:
Michael
Baggesen Klitgaard & Christoffer Green-Pedersen:
Data and methodology in policy research 11.00-12.00:
Paper presentation 12.00-13.30:
Lunch
break Literature: Nørgaard,
Asbjørn Sonne (2008)” Political
Science: Witchcraft or Craftsmanship? Standards for Good Research,
World
Political Science Review
4(1), 1-28 For further information:
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