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Choose any one area of public policy and show how policies in one country/region may differ from those in another. What factors account for the differences and similarities in the policies you observe?
Assessment criteria
Clear understanding of the relevant concepts and ideas
Ability to explain contrasting interpretations of issues in comparative public policy
Evidence of research into concrete policies in particular countries/regions
Use of wide range of internet and conventional academic sources
Ability to link your argument to material from other subjects and disciplines where relevant
Ability to critically analyse and interpret evidence
Ability to structure argument and evidence so as to reach valid conclusions
Essay format:
• Education policy in general. Key ways of assessing education, international, national
• Brief explanation of countries i.e. Mali, Ghana, togoi.e ideology, history, culture, institutions, resources
• Countries formal commitment to education
• Take indicators and compare paragraph by paragraph
Indicators for comparison;
• Literacy rates male and female, adults and youth
• Gender parity in primary and secondary education. Prospect for achieving Millenium development goal 2015
• Level of tertiary education participation
• Quality of education: teachers educational level and pupil teacher ratio
Conclusions
• Policy and resources… one country is better than another due to…..
• Lessons applied… see if it can be replicated elsewhere (policy transfer)
• Key reading
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• Unfortunately there is as yet no single book that covers the course adequately, but for the first section (dealing with how and why comparisons may be useful) beginners might like to start with – Adolino,J.R. and Blake,C.H. (2010) Comparing public policies: issues and choices in industrialized countries 2nd ed, Congressional Quarterly: Washington.
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• A much more sophisticated approach is taken by Landman, T (2008) Issues and methods in comparative politics 3rd Edition Routledge. Chapters 1, 2 and 3 look at methods of comparison.
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• In each of the policy areas we examine in weeks 5-10 there is quite specialised literature, and you will need to try to read 2 or 3 pieces IN ADVANCE of the tutorial. The literature tends to be split between that dealing with industrialised countries and that written from a development studies perspective. In some fields common issues arise, but in others issues are markedly different.
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• Additional materials are available via the Weblearn site for the module – see:
• http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/weblearn/
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• You will also need to access up-to-date websites – some useful ones are given below
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• Some useful websites
• www.dfid.gov.uk UK Department for International Development
• www.worldbank.org The World Bank
• www.imf.org The International Monetary Fund
• www.ilo.org The International Labour Organization
• www.wdm.org The World Development Movement
• www.odi.org.uk the overseas development institute
• www.nispa.sk the network of schools of public administration in central and eastern Europe
• Food and Agriculture Organization
• www.fao.org
• United Nations
• www.un.org
• UNAIDS – Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
• www.unaids.org
• United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
• www.unicef.org
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• www.undp.org
• United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• www.unesco.org
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• www.unep.org
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• www.unhcr.ch
• World Food Programme (WFP)
• www.wfp.org
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• www.who.org
• US Agency for International Development
• www.usaid.gov
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• www.oecd.org
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
• www.osce.org
• Transparency International (TI)
• www.transparency.org
• USA: Department of State: Global Forum on Fighting Corruption
• www.usinfo.state.gov/topical/econ/integrity/
• World Bank: anti-corruption
• www.worldbank.org/publicsector/anticorrupt/
• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
• Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
• www.legislationline.org
• Caribbean Development Bank
• www.caribank.org
• Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec)
• www.thecommonwealth.org
• http://www.usaid.gov/missions/ links to all USAID in-country missions
• http://ww.cfr.org/ council on foreign relations
• www.ids.ac.uk institute for development studies
• www.sed.manchester.ac.uk Institute for development policy and management
• http://www.oxfam.org.uk oxfam
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