PART I. STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES OF POLICY PROCESSES
1. Political influence of national bureaucracies (following the introduction to the course)
2. Policy processes in a vertically divided state
3. Local policy innovation and policy entrepreneurs
PRESENTATION SESSION
4. Understanding the structural differences in policy process across our countries
PART II. POLICY ANALYSIS, DECISION MAKING, AND NEGOTIATION
5. Rationality and policy analysis
6. Leading decision making in government
7. Policy solutions to a wicked problem… if any?
8. Negotiating with the government
PART III. INFLUENCING POLICY PROCESSES
9. Representation, gender, and policy process
10. Public engagement in policy processes
11. Mechanisms of influence in a globalized world
12. The roles of media and communication in agenda setting and framing
CONCLUSION
13. An overview of the course and wrap-up