This course will examine the power, politics, organizations, perceptions, norms, actors and networks involved in the agenda-setting and decision-making of public policy in Pakistan. A selection of topics related to the public policy and public management will be analysed, including: the institutional and historical background of public policy; the history and theory of power and its role in public policy; the importance of politics in policy process and public-sector bargain; and the understanding of policy process and policy change. Through interactive lectures and class participation, students will learn how to use analytical frameworks that explain the political and practical complexities in the policy-making process.

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Power, Politics,
& Policy Process
Dr. Faheem Jehangir Khan
Research Economist, PIDE
faheemjkhan@pide.org.pk

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Modules
 Introduction to Public Policy
 Power and Public Policy
 Politics and Public Policy
 The Policy Process

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Module 1
Introduction to Public Policy
 The origins of policy
 Theories of public policy
 Understanding public policy

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Module 2
Power and Public Policy
 History and theory of power
 Resources and dependency analysis
 Power of individuals, organizations and
networks

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Module 3
Politics and Public Policy
 Theories of politics
 Nations and globalization
 Political interaction
 The Government
 Policy and performance
 Politics of public service bargain

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Module 4
The Policy Process
 Agenda setting
 Policy formulation
 Organizational processes
 Policy implementation
 Policy evaluation
 Understanding policy change
 Effective policy, practice and research

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Recommended Readings
 BRUIJN, H. 2007. Managing Performance in the Public Sector. 2nd edition.
USA: Routledge.
 FAIRHOLM, G. W. 2009. Organizational Power Politics: Tactics in
Organizational Leadership. 2nd Edition. California: ABC-CLIO Greenwood
Publishing Group
 HEYWOOD, A. 2013. Politics. 4th edition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
 HILL, M. 2012. The Public Policy Process. 6th edition. London: Routledge.
 HOWLETT, M., RAMESH, M., & PERL, A. 2009. Studying Public Policy:
Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems. 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
 HUDSON, J. & LOWE, S. 2009. Understanding the policy process (Second
edition): Analysing welfare policy and practice (Understanding Welfare:
Social Issues, Policy and Practice). Bristol: The Policy Press.

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Recommended Readings
 KICKERT, W. J. M., KLIJN, E-H. & KOPPENJAN, J. 1997. Managing
Complex Networks: Strategies for the Public Sector. London: Sage.
 KOPPENJAN, J. & KLIJN, E-H. 2004. Managing Uncertainties in Networks.
London: Routledge.
 LEVI-FAUR, D. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Governance. Oxford
Handbooks. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 MORAN, M., REIN, M. & GOODIN, R. E. 2008. The Oxford Handbook of
Public Policy. Oxford Handbooks of Political Science. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
 SABATIER, P. A. 2007. Theories of the Policy Process. California:
Westview Press
 TORFING, J., PETERS, B. G., PIERRE, J. & SORENSEN, E. 2012. Interactive
Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.