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每周課程進度與作業要求 Course Schedule & Requirements

Weekly Topics and Assigned Readings

Part I: Introduction to Public Policy and Policy Process

Week 1 (9/3) Introduction

• What is public policy?
• Readings
  • Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: What is Policy?
  • Martin et al. Ch1.2–1.4: What is Public Policy & Why and How to Study Public Policy (pp.1–5)

Week 2 (9/10) Policy Cycle and Stages

• How are public policies developed?
• Readings
  • Martin et al. Ch3.8–3.10: Policy Process & Stages (pp.45–49)
  • Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: The Policy Cycle and its Stages

Week 3 (9/17) Multiple Streams

• How does policy change happen?
• Readings
  • Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: Multiple Streams Analysis
  • Martin et al. Ch4.7: Policy Streams And “Windows” of Opportunity (pp.61–65)
  • Dool, A. V. D., & Schlaufer, C. (2024). The multiple streams framework beyond democracies: Reflections on existing and future research. International Review of Public Policy, 6(6:3). 1–26.

Part II: Policy Analysis: From Problem(s) to Solution(s)

Week 4 (9/24) Problem Identification and Agenda Setting

• Who decides which issues to prioritize, and how?
• Readings
  • Martin et al. Ch4.1–Ch4.9: Problem Identification and Agenda Setting (pp.53–72) & Ch7.2–7.3: The Policy Analysis Process/ Identify and Define the Problem (pp.124–126)
  • Zhang, M., Chen, Z., Liu, X., & Liu, J. (2024). Theory and practice of agenda setting: understanding media, bot, and public agendas in the South Korean presidential election. Asian Journal of Communication, 34(1), 24–56.

Week 5 (10/1) Policy Alternatives

• Where do policy options come from?
• Readings
  • Martin et al. Ch1.5: Types of Public Policy (pp.5–8) & Ch7.4 Identify Alternatives (pp.126–127)
  • Holland, A. C., & Schneider, B. R. (2017). Easy and hard redistribution: The political economy of welfare states in Latin America. Perspectives on Politics, 15(4), 988–1006.
• Optional Readings
  • Dubash, N. K., & Morgan, B. (2012). Understanding the rise of the regulatory state of the South. Regulation & Governance, 6(3), 261-281.
  • Bardach, E., & Patashnik, E. M. (2023). Appendix B: Things Governments Do. A practical guide for policy analysis: The eightfold path to more effective problem solving. CQ Press.
• Assignment
  • Policy Analysis Project (1): Problem Statement Due 10/7

Week 6 (10/8) Evaluation Criteria and Policy Trade-off

• How to determine which option is the best one?
• Readings
  • Martin et al. Ch5.2–Ch5.6: Equity, Efficiency, Security, and Liberty (pp.81–88), Ch7.5–7.6: Establish Evaluation Criteria & Evaluate The Alternatives (pp.127–130)
  • How Should We Balance Efficiency and Equality? Chicago Booth Review.
  • Cheek, N. N., Reutskaja, E., & Schwartz, B. (2022). Balancing the freedom–security trade-off during crises and disasters. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(4), 1024-1049.

Week 7 (10/15) Cost-benefit Analysis

• How to weigh pros and cons?
• Readings
  • Cellini, S. R., & Kee, J. E. (2015). Cost‐effectiveness and cost‐benefit analysis. In Newcomer, K. E., Hatry, H. P., & Wholey, J. S. (Eds.). Handbook of practical program evaluation (pp. 636-672). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer Imprints, Wiley.
  • Shanahan, M., & Ritter, A. (2014). Cost benefit analysis of two policy options for cannabis: status quo and legalisation. PloS One, 9(4), e95569.
• Assignment
  • Peer Interaction (1): Issues Evaluation and Ranking Due 10/21

Week 8 (10/22) Decision Making

• How do policymakers make decisions?
• Readings
  • Martin et al. Ch5.9–Ch5.12: Policy Formulation and Decision Making Theories (pp.91–95)
  • Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: Bounded Rationality and Incrementalism
  • Etzioni, A. (1967). Mixed-scanning: A “third” approach to decision making. Public Administration Review, 27(5). 385–392.

Week 9 (10/29) The Limits of Policy Analysis

• Can policy analysis solve everything?
• Readings
  • Ghimire, R. P. (2006). The Limits of Analysis in Policy Making with Special Reference to the Developing Countries.
  • Turner, R. K. (2007). Limits to CBA in UK and European environmental policy: retrospects and future prospects. Environmental and Resource Economics, 37, 253-269.
• Assignment
  • Policy Analysis Project (2): Alternative Evaluations Due 11/4

Part III: Policy Advocate: From Proposal to Adoption

Week 10 (11/5) Political Feasibility and Stakeholders Analysis

• Who are the key players in the policymaking process?
• Readings
  • Policy Analysis in 750 Words: Political feasibility and policy success
  • Lee, M., Yoon, J. H., Yang, J. E., Namkoong, S., & Kim, H. (2024). Stakeholder analysis for effective implementation of water management system: Case of groundwater charge in South Korea. Heliyon, 10(3).
• Optional Readings
  • Gilson, L., Erasmus, E., Borghi, J., Macha, J., Kamuzora, P., & Mtei, G. (2012). Using stakeholder analysis to support moves towards universal coverage: lessons from the SHIELD project. Health Policy and Planning, 27, i64-i76.

Week 11 (11/12) Policy Broker vs. Entrepreneur

• Who pushes the policy change?
• Readings
  • Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: The Advocacy Coalition Framework
  • Hammond, D. R. (2013). Policy Entrepreneurship in China’s Response to Urban Poverty. Policy Studies Journal, 41(1), 119-146.
• Optional Readings
  • Pholsim, S. (2021). How dreams are driven: An analysis of advocacy coalition framework on Khon Kaen’s light rail transit project in Thailand. Journal of Public Administration, Public Affairs, and Management, 19(2), 1–23.
• Assignment
  • Peer Interaction (2): Decision Making Assignment Due 11/18

Week 12 (11/19) Iron Triangle

• Why is it so hard to push policy change?
• Readings
  • Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: Networks, sub-government and communities
  • Huang, G. C. L., & Chen, R. Y. (2021). Uncovering regime resistance in energy transition: Role of electricity iron triangle in Taiwan. Environmental Policy and Governance, 31(2), 104-115.
• Optional Readings
  • Andrews‐Speed, P., & Putra, N. A. (2024). Breaking the iron triangle around nuclear safety regulation: The cases of France, Japan, and India. Regulation & Governance, 18(4), 1246-1263.

Week 13 (11/26) Framing, Media, and Public Opinions

• Does it matter how you describe the policy?
• Readings
  • Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: Framing
  • Wiest, S. L., Raymond, L., & Clawson, R. A. (2015). Framing, partisan predispositions, and public opinion on climate change. Global Environmental Change, 31, 187-198.
• Optional Readings
  • Park, C., & Lee, J. (2020). Stakeholder framing, communicative interaction, and policy legitimacy: anti-smoking policy in South Korea. Policy Sciences, 53(4), 637-665.

Week 14 (12/3) Social Constructions

• Who deserves?
• Readings
  • Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: the Social Construction of Target Populations
  • Ormond, M., & Nah, A. M. (2020). Risk entrepreneurship and the construction of healthcare deservingness for ‘desirable’,‘acceptable’and ‘disposable’migrants in Malaysia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46(20), 4282-4302.
• Assignment
  • Policy Analysis Project (3): Stakeholder Analysis Due 12/9

Week 15 (12/10) Policy Narrative

• Who are the heroes and who are the villains?
• Readings
  • Policy in 500 Words: the Narrative Policy Framework
  • Jung, Y. H., & Huang, Z. X. (2024). Seeking the high ground: Exploring advocacy groups’ use of policy narratives in the legalization of same‐sex marriage in Taiwan. Policy Studies Journal, 52(3), 671-696.

Week 16 (12/17) Presentation: Policy Advocate Press Conference

• Assignments

Peer Interaction Activity (3): Stakeholder Engagement