CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY

This course?s main goal is to examine contemporary issues of public policy and then explore the challenges that impact on the policy process. The course?s fundamental concern is that policy problems change over time and therefore it is critical to understand the dynamics of change in Public Policy. To this end, the objective of this course is to do in-depth analysis of current, real policy problems in a variety of different domains and then identify commonalities and differences in the analytical and developmental processes necessary to determine the range of possible policy interventions and their inter-dependence. As a result each contemporary issue will be selected and discussed as a cross-cutting issue against the dilemma of understanding public policy. Lastly, the course anticipates demonstrating the internalisation of knowledge by bridging the gap between theory and practice.