Accreditations
The MSc in Public Policy includes a common core of courses, as well as a variety of electives in specializations in Public Policy. The common core is composed of classes in techniques of public policy analysis and design, economics, law, European and international public policy and methods of analysis.
In the second year, the students will complete an academic internship of short duration and an elective unit in research methods. They may then finish the course with either an academic dissertation or, alternatively, a final project that applies the approaches they have learned. These may be performed within the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte). Their preparation will be supported by supplementary activities, including the public policy forum and the international conference cycle.
A student who finishes only the first year will be attributed the Diploma of Post-Graduate Studies in Public Policy, with 60 ECTS credits.
Programme Structure for 2024/2025
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Public Policy Analysis and Design
6.0 ECTS
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European and International Public Policy
6.0 ECTS
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Research Design
6.0 ECTS
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Law and Public Policy
6.0 ECTS
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Economics and Public Policy
6.0 ECTS
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Research Methods in Social Sciences
6.0 ECTS
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Sociological Theory
6.0 ECTS
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Public Policy Internship
12.0 ECTS
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Master Dissertation in Public Policy
42.0 ECTS
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Master Project in Public Policy
42.0 ECTS
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Public Policy Analysis and Design
At the end of the curricular unit students should be familiarized with the key concepts, models and tools for public policy analysis and also should be able to apply these methods and analysis techniques to concrete cases of public policy. It is intended that at the end of the semester students are able to apply at least the model of the steps in the analysis and design of public policies.
Program1 - Why study public policy?
2 - Theories of power and political process
3 - Concepts of Public Policy Analysis: actors, resources, rules and institutions.
4 - Analysis of the political process:
Types of policies and phases of the process;
Problems and scheduling;
Alternatives and interest groups;
Formulation design and instruments;
Decision and implementation;
communication;
Evaluation, impact and change.
5 - International influence: diffusion, conveyance and convergence in public policy.
6 - Policy research
7 - Public Policy in Portugal.
Written exercise (maximum 20 pages) with the analysis of a sectorial public policy (50%); Presentation and discussion of a public poster, synthesis analysis exercise of a public policy (40%); Active participation in class (10%). Active participation in class includes attending classes, but also the ability to ask questions, argue, defend points of view and participate in discussions on the topics under discussion.
Title: Theodoulou, Stella, e Matthew Cahn (1995). Public Policy: The Essential Readings, New Jersey, Prentice Hall.
Rodrigues, Maria de Lurdes (coord.) (2014). Exercícios de Análise de Políticas Públicas, Lisboa, INCM;
Parsons, Wayne (1996). Public Policy: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Policy Analysis, Edward Elgar Pub;
Kraft, Michael E., e Scott R. Furlong (2010), Public Policy. Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, Washington DC, CQPress,
Knoepfel, Peter, Corrine Larrue, Frédéric Varone, e Michael Hill (2011). Public Policy Analysis. Bristol, Polity Press University of Bristol;
Kingdon, John W. (2003), Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies, New York, Longman.
Hill, Michael (2009), The Public Policy Process, London, Pearson/Longman.
Dye, Thomas R. (2010), Understanding Public Policy, Boston, Longman.
Birkland, Thomas (2020). An Introduction to the Policy Process, New York, Routledge;
Anderson, James (2003). Public Policymaking. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company;
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Title: Smith, Catherine (2010), Writing Public Policy, New York, Oxford University Press
Sabatier, Paul (2007, 2019). Theories of the Policy Process, Colorado, Westview Press;
Rodrigues, Maria de Lurdes, e Helena Carreiras; (org.) (2017). Exercícios de Análise de Políticas Públicas 2, Lisboa, Editora
Rodrigues, M. L. e Silva, P. A. (org.) (2013), Políticas públicas para a Reforma do Estado, Coimbra, Almedina;
Rodrigues, Maria de Lurdes, e Pedro Adão e Silva (org.) (2012). Políticas Públicas em Portugal, Lisboa, INCM;
Quiñones, Edgar (2015). Políticas Públicas: Métodos Conceptuales y Métodos de Evaluatión, Huncayo, Universidad Continental;
Ordóñez-Matamoros, Gonzalo (2013). Manual de Análisis y Diseño de Políticas Públicas, Bogotá, Universidade Externaso
Moran, M, Martin Rein, e Robert Goodin (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Knill, Christoph, e Jale Tosun (2012). Public Policy: A New Introduction, Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan
Howlett, Michael (2019). The Policy Design Primer. Choosing the Right Tools for the Job. New York, Routledge;
Cairney, Paul (2011, 2020). Understanding Public Policy, London, Red Globe Press;
Bardach, Eugene (2009), A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis, Washington DC, CQPress.
Araújo, Luísa, e Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues (2017). "Modelos de Análise de Políticas Públicas", Sociologia Problemas e Práticas, n.º 83;
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European and International Public Policy
Students will learn to apply different theoretical perspectives - from neo-institutionalist theories to theories of policy analysis - to European policies. In addition, the European system and its interaction with other global actors (other international organisations) will be analysed. Another fundamental didactic objective is to encourage students to develop their own research question in the context of the topics of the course, reflecting on the mode of analysis to be adopted and developing an individual work programme. Finally, the aim is to train analysing skills, both oral, in the context of class presentations, and written.
Program1 Introduction: the study of European and international public policy
1.1 Policy-making in the European and global multi-level system
1.2 Theories of public policy
2. European public policies
2.1 The Europeanisation of public policies
2.2 New modes of policy-making: experimental governance in the EU
2.3 The European Union as an actor in international politics
3. International politics
3.1 The policy-making power of international organisations
3.2 Transnational actors in international politics
3.3 The international diffusion of public policies: a new form of global governance?
4. Conclusion: "Governance without government" or "governance with many governments"?
Assessment throughout the semester includes: 1) development of a research question and identification of a theoretical/analytical approach (30%) and a final individual written assignment (70%). The final written assignment can be a research paper (up to 7 pages) or a literature review on a specific issue in the field of European and international policy analysis (up to 7 pages).
Assessment by examination consists of an individual written final paper (7 pp).
Title: Börzel, T.A. and Risse, T. (2003) 'Conceptualizing the Domestic Impact of Europe', in Featherstone/Radaelli (eds), The Politics of Europeanization, Oxford, 57-80.
Carlsnaes, W., Risse, T. and Simmons, B.A. (eds) (2012) Handbook of International Relations, 2nd Edition, London (cap. 13 e 17).
Enderlein, H., Zürn, M. and Wälti, S. (eds) (2010) Handbook on Multi-level Governance, Cheltenham (cap. 1 e 5).
Falkner, G. (2016). The EU?s Current Crisis and Its Policy Effects: Research Design and Comparative Findings. Journal of European Integration, 38(3), 219?235.
Schmidt, V. A. (2018). Rethinking EU Governance: From ?Old? to ?New? Approaches to Who Steers Integration Journal of Common Market Studies, 56(7), 1544?1561.
Vogler, J. (2011) 'The European Union as a Global Environmental Policy Actor', in J. Connelly and R.K.W. Wurzel (eds), The European Union as a Leader in International Climate Change Politics, London, 21-37.
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Title: Alter, K.J. (2008) 'The European Court and Legal Integration: An Exceptional Story or Harbinger of the Future?', in K.E. Whittington, R.D. Kelemen and G.A. Caldeira (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 209-28.
Andresen, S. (2013) 'International Regime Effectiveness', in R. Falkner (ed.), The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy, Malden: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 304-19.
Barnett, M. and Finnemore, M. (2004) Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Baylis, J., Smith, S. and Owens, P. (eds) (2014) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bickerton, C. J., Hodson, D., & Puetter, U. (2015). The New Intergovernmentalism: European Integration in the Post-Maastricht Era. Journal of Common Market Studies, 53(4), 703?722.
Biermann, F. and Siebenhüner, B. (eds) (2009) Managers of Global Change: The Influence of International Environmental Bureaucracies, Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
Börzel, T.A. (2003) Environmental Leaders and Laggards in Europe: Why there is (not) a Southern Problem, Aldershot: Ashgate.
Bulmer, S. (2009) 'Institutional and Policy Analysis in the European Union: From the Treaty of Rome to the Present', in D. Phinnemore and A. Warleigh-Lack (eds), Reflections on European Integration: 50 Years of the Treaty of Rome, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 109-24.
Busch, P.-O. and Jörgens, H. (2012) 'Governance by Diffusion: Exploring a New Mechanism of International Policy Coordination', in J. Meadowcroft, O. Langhelle and A. Ruud (eds), Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development: Moving Beyond the Impasse?, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 221-48.
Colomer, J.M. (2016) How Global Institutions Rule the World, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Cowles, M.G., Caporaso, J.A. and Risse, T. (eds) (2001) Transforming Europe. Europeanization and Domestic Change, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.Della Porta, D. and Caiani, M. (2009) Social Movements and Europeanization, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Delreux, T. (2011) The EU as International Environmental Negotiator, Farnham: Ashgate.
Dingwerth, K. and Jörgens, H. (2015) 'Environmental Risks and the Changing Interface of Domestic and International Governance', in S. Leibfried et al. (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Transformations of the State, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 338-54.
Dingwerth, K. and Pattberg, P. (2009) 'Actors, Arenas, and Issues in Global Governance', in J. Whitman (ed.), Palgrave Advances in Global Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 41-66.
Falkner, G., Treib, O., Hartlapp, M. and Leiber, S. (2005) Complying with Europe: EU Harmonisation and Soft Law in the Member States, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Finnemore, M. (1996) National Interests in International Society, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Heidbreder, E. G., & Brandsma, G. J. (2018). The EU Policy Process. In E. Ongaro & S. van Thiel (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe (pp. 805?821). Palgrave.
Heinelt, H., & Münch, S. (Eds.). (2018). Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU. Edward Elgar.
Héritier, A., Knill, C. and Mingers, S. (1996) Ringing the Changes in Europe: Regulatory Competition and the Transformation of the State, Berlin: de Gruyter.
Herz, M. and Ribeiro Hoffmann, A. (2004) Organizações Internacionais: História e Práticas, Rio de Janeiro: Campus.
Holzinger, K., Knill, C. and Arts, B. (eds) (2008) Environmental Policy Convergence in Europe. The Impact of International Institutions and Trade, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hooghe, L. (2001) The European Commission and the Integration of Europe. Images of Governance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hooghe, L. and Marks, G. (2010) 'Types of Multi-level Governance', in H. Enderlein, M. Zürn and S. Wälti (eds), Handbook on Multi-level Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 17-31.
Hooghe, L., & Marks, G. (2019). Grand Theories of European Integration in the Twenty-First Century. Journal of European Public Policy, 26(8), 1113?1133.
Jörgens, H., Lenschow, A. and Liefferink, D. (eds) (2014) Understanding Environmental Policy Convergence: The Power of Words, Rules and Money, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kelemen, R.D. (2011) Eurolegalism: The Transformation of Law and Regulation in the European Union, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
Keohane, R.O. and Nye, J.S. (2012) Power and Interdependence, Boston: Longman.
Lelieveldt, H., & Princen, S. (2011). The Politics of the European Union. Cambridge University Press.
Lynggaard, K. (2019). Discourse Analysis and European Union Politics. Palgrave.
Magone, J. M. (2016). Portugal as the ?Good Pupil of the European Union?: Living Under the Regime of the Troika. In J. M. Magone, B. Laffan, & C. Schweiger (Eds.), Core-periphery Relations in the European Union: Power and Conflict in a Dualist Political Economy (pp. 179?189). Routledge.
Marks, G., Scharpf, F.W., Schmitter, P.C. and Streeck, W. (eds) (1996) Governance in the European Union, London: Sage.
Martin, L.L. and Simmons, B.A. (2012) 'International Organizations and Institutions', in W. Carlsnaes, T. Risse and B.A. Simmons (eds), Handbook of International Relations, London: Sage, pp. 326-51.
Matthijs, M. and Blyth, M. (eds) (2015) The Future of the Euro, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Moravcsik, A.M. (1998) The Choice for Europe: Social Purpose and State Power From Messina to Maastricht, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Schmidt, V. A. (2018). Rethinking EU Governance: From ?Old? to ?New? Approaches to Who Steers Integration Journal of Common Market Studies, 56(7), 1544?1561.
Pollack, M.A. and Ruhlman, M.A. (2009) 'The Heroic Age of European Integration is Over: Institutional and Policy Developments, 1957-2007', in D. Phinnemore and A. Warleigh-Lack (eds), Reflections on European Integration: 50 Years of the Treaty of Rome, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 43-73.
Princen, S. (2009) Agenda-Setting in the European Union, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Richardson, J., & Mazey, S. (Eds.). (2015). European Union: Power and Policy-Making (4th ed.). Routledge.
Risse, T. (2012) 'Transnational Actors and World Politics', in W. Carlsnaes, T. Risse and B.A. Simmons (eds), Handbook of International Relations, London: Sage, pp. 426-52.
Sabel, C.F. and Zeitlin, J. (eds) (2010) Experimentalist Governance in the European Union: Towards a New Architecture, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sabel, C.F. and Zeitlin, J. (2010) 'Learning From Difference: The New Architecture of Experimentalist Governance in the EU', in C.F. Sabel and J. Zeitlin (eds), Experimentalist Governance in the European Union: Towards a New Architecture, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-28.
Sandholtz, W. and Stone Sweet, A. (eds) (1998) European Integration and Supranational Governance, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Scharpf, F.W. (2010) 'Multi-level Europe - The Case for Multiple Concepts', in H. Enderlein, M. Zürn and S. Wälti (eds), Handbook on Multi-level Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 66-79.
Schmidt, V.A. (2006) Democracy in Europe: The EU and National Polities, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Warleigh-Lack, A. and Drachenberg, R. (2010) 'Policy Making in the European Union', in M. Cini and N. Pérez-Solórzano Borragán (eds), European Union Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 209-24.
Weiss, T. G., & Wilkinson, R. (Eds.). (2018). International Organization and Global Governance (2nd ed.). Routledge.
Zahariadis, N., & Buonanno, L. (Eds.). (2018). The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policy. Routledge.
Zaun, N. (2016). Why EU Asylum Standards Exceed the Lowest Common Denominator: The Role of Regulatory Expertise in EU Decision-Making. Journal of European Public Policy, 23(1), 136?154.
Zürn, M. (2010) 'Global Governance as Multi-level Governance', in H. Enderlein, M. Zürn and S. Wälti (eds), Handbook on Multi-level Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 80-99.
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Research Design
At the end of the CU students should be able to:
1) recognize and use different types of methodological strategies, mastering its theoretical, methodological and technical requirements, in order to make adequate choices;
2) identify central problems in research design, from problem definition to conceptualisation, operationalization, observation and proposal writing;;
3) write a research and/or intervention project proposal.
1. Research as a producer of knowledge to know and/or to intervene.
1.1. Empirical research as theoretically oriented.
1.2. Research as problem solving: diagnosis, evaluation, intervention.
1.3. Ethics in different types of research.
2. How to design a research project and/or intervention.
2.1. Formulation of the problem and definition of objectives.
2.2. Conceptualization.
2.3. Operationalization and observation.
2.4. Project's design.
3. Methodological strategies.
3.1. Adequacy of the methodological strategies to the objectives of tthe research.
3.2. Extensive research: large surveys, statistical databases, etc..
3.3. Intensive research: case studies, field research, participant observation, ethnographic approach, etc.
3.4. Action research and social intervention.
3.5. Comparative research: objectives and problems of comparison.
3.6. Mixed methods.
The learning process proceeds trough theoretical-practical classes, seminar presentations and debate (which are given prevalence), tutorials and students' autonomous work.
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Evaluation along the semester, comprising the following components:
(a) Class participation and presentation of the research and/or intervention project (35%)
b) Final written work: research project and/or intervention (65%).
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Final assessment, consisting of a final written work: research project and/or intervention, complemented with an oral discussion, if the teacher considers necessary (100%).
The evaluation of this course does not include a final exam.
Law and Public Policy
It is intended to analyse and discuss with participants:
- how law defines its specific regulation field within a governance framework;
- forms assumed by jurisdicization of public policy and its relation with the transformations of the rule of law
- the fundamental characteristics of the legal model regulating public policies in different areas of governance;
- the new ways of defining the public interest
1. Governance, State and law
2. Juridicization of public policies: from the politics of law to the public policies law
3. Constitutional law, Public Administration law and Public Policies Law
4. Public policies in the areas of sovereignty and law
5. Economic, social and cultural public policies and law
6. Public policies of land use planning and law
7. Democratization and desestatization of public interest
The UC can be attended under continuous assessment or final exam. Continuous assessment rule: (a) Assessment test which consists of a written individual work, based on the suggested bibliography (maximum 20 pages), which accounts for 75% of the grade (b) Oral presentation of a theme (10/15 minutes), one or two articles from the bibliography or supplementary literature, which accounts for 25% of the grade.
The class attendance rule: 75% mandatory attendance
Title: Rosenbloom, David H., Robert S. Kravchuk e Richard M. Clerkin (2009), Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics and Law in the Public Sector, Nova Iorque, McGraw Hill
Gomes, João Salis (2010), Interesse público, controle democrático do Estado e cidadania, in Augusto de Athayde et al (org.), Em Homenagem ao Professor Doutor Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Coimbra, Almedina, pp. 354-378
Garcia, Maria da Glória Dias (2009), Direito das políticas públicas, Coimbra, Almedina
Commaille, Jacques, Laurence Dumoulin e Cécile Robert (dir.) (2000), La juridicisation du politique - Leçons scientifiques, Paris, L.G.D.J.
Caupers, João e Vera Eiró (2016), Introdução ao Direito Administrativo, Lisboa, Âncora
Canotilho, Gomes e Vital Moreira (2014), Constituição da República Portuguesa anotada, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora
Canotilho, Gomes (2017), Direito Constitucional e Teoria da Constituição, Coimbra, Almedina
Amaral, Diogo Freitas do (2018), Curso de Direito Administrativo, Coimbra, Almedina
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Title: Rolo, Nuno Miguel da Cunha (2020). Manual de Administração e Governação Pública, Lisboa, AAFDL
Otero, Paulo (2007), Legalidade e Administração Pública - O sentido da vinculação administrativa à juridicidade, Coimbra, Almedina
Mockle, Daniel (2007), La gouvernance, le droit et l'État, Bruxelas, Bruylant
Gonçalves, Maria Eduarda, e Pierre Guibentif (2008), Novos Territórios do Direito - Europeização, Globalização e Transformação da Regulação Jurídica, Lisboa, Principia
Gomes, João Salis (1998), "A perspectiva jurídica na avaliação de políticas públicas", em A Avaliação na Administração Pública, Acta Geral do 1º Encontro INA, Oeiras, Instituto Nacional de Administração, pp. 197-209
Gomes, João Salis (2000), "Qualidade da regulação jurídica e redefinição estratégica da gestão pública", separata da Revista de Administração Local nº 179, Lisboa
Estorninho, Maria João (2009), A fuga para o direito privado. Contributo para o estudo da actividade de direito privado da Administração Pública, Coimbra, Almedina
Bucci, Maria Paula Dallari (2006), Direito Administrativo e Políticas Públicas, São Paulo, Editora Saraiva
Andrade, José Carlos Vieira de (2007), A Justiça Administrativa (Lições), Coimbra, Almedina
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Economics and Public Policy
A. Knowledge and Understanding:
- Knowledge and understanding of the main theoretical discussions with respect to the origins and the roles of the State;
- Knowledge and understanding of the main types of economic rationale for the intervention of the government in the economy;
B. Applied knowledge:
- Applying the acquired theoretical knowledge in order to draw implications about the nature of the different types of government intervention in the economy;
- Applying the acquired theoretical knowledge in order to draw implications about the interaction of the different principles of economic governance.
C. Communication:
- Ability to develop logically-, theoretically- and factually-based arguments and to communicate them to others.
D. Learning process:
- Ability to study and undertake research autonomously;
- Capacity and motivation for lifelong learning.
1. Introduction: the funtions of the State and economic policies
2. States and markets in economic theory: the major debates in historical perspective
2.1. From Mercantilism to Classical Liberalism
2.2. The neoclassical logic: Liberalism and intervention in a microeconomic perspective (welfare economics)
2.3. The keynesian logic: Intervention in a macroeconomic perspective
2.4. Neoliberalism and the return of the market
3. Economic and public policies in a context of crisis and uncertainty
3.1. From the 'great Recession' to the inflationary crisis.
3.2. (De)Globalization: ideological and geopolitical reconfigurations
3.3. The challenges of the relation between human activity and Nature
Periodic assessment: individual essay (100%)
Final assessment: written exam
Title: Backhouse, Roger (2002), The Penguin History of Economics, London: Penguin Books.
Fricke, Thomas et al. (2023), Mapping the State of a Shifting Paradigm: New Thinking, New Actors, Berlim: Forum New Economy.
Medema, Steven G. (2003), "The Economic Role of Government in the History of Economic Thought", In Samuels, Warren J., Jeff E. Biddle e John B. Davis (ed.), A companion to the history of economic thought. London: Blackwell, pp. 428-437.
Pereira, P.; Afonso, A.; Arcanjo, M. e Santos, J. (2016), Economia e Finanças Públicas. 5.ª Edição, Lisboa: Escolar Editora.
Stiglitz, Joseph and Jay Rosengard (2015), Economics of the Public Sector, 4th edition, New York: W.W.Norton.
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Title: Babb, Sarah (2013), ?The Washington Consensus as transnational policy paradigm: Its origins, trajectory and likely successor?, Review of International Political Economy, 20 (2): 268-297.
Beaud, Michel e Gilles Dostaler (1995), Economic Thought since Keynes, London and New York: Routledge. [Está também disponível na biblioteca a edição original em francês, de 1993].
Birdsall, Nancy e Francis Fukuyama (2011), 'The Post-Washington Consensus: Development After the Crisis', Foreign Affairs, 90(2): 45-53.
Bonefeld, Werner (2012), "Freedom and the Strong State: On German Ordoliberalism", New Political Economy, 17(5): 633-656.
Blyth, Mark (2013), Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, New York: Oxford University Press. [Existe tradução portuguesa da Quetzal, de 2013].
Carvalho, Luís Francisco e João Rodrigues (2015), "Are markets everywhere? Understanding contemporary processes of commodification", In John B. Davis e Wilfred Dolfsma (ed.), The Elgar Companion to Social Economics, 2nd Edition, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp.293-313.
Carvalho, Luís Francisco (2023), 'Notas sobre conceitos e indicadores fundamentais da actividade económica' (mimeo), versão revista e actualizada, Lisboa: Iscte-Iul.
Chang, Ha Joon (2002), "Breaking the mould: an institutionalist political economy alternative to the neo liberal theory of the market and the state", Cambridge Journal of Economics, 26 (5): 539-559.
Colgan, Jeff D. and Robert O. Kehoane (2017), "The Liberal Order is Rigged: Fix It or Watch It Wither", Foreign Affairs, 96(3): 36-44.
Fahnbulleh, Miatt (2020), 'The Neoliberal Collapse: Markets are not the Answer', Foreign Affairs, 99 (1): 38-43.
Foroohar, Rana (2022). 'After Neoliberalism: All Economics is Local', Foreign Affairs, 101(6): 134-145.
Foucault, Michel (2010 [1979]), Nascimento da Biopolítica, Lisboa: Edições 70.
Friedman, Milton (1968), "The role of monetary policy", The American Economic Review 58 (1): 1-17.
Gamble, Andrew (2014), Crisis Without End? The Unravelling of Western Prosperity, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Harvey, David (2005), A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hayek, Friedrich August (1945), "The use of knowledge in society", American Economic Review, 35 (4): 519-530.
Hu, Fred and Michael Spence (2017), "Why Globalization Stalled, and How to Restart It", Foreign Affairs, 96(6): 54-63.
Keynes, John Maynard (1967 [1936]), The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, London: MacMillan.
Keynes, Milo (ed.) (1975), Essays on John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Magnusson, Lars e Bo Strath (2016), A Brief History of Political Economy: Tales of Marx, Keynes and Hayek, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Mazzucato, Mariana (2011), 'The Entrepeneurial State', Soundings, 49: 131-142.
O'Neil, Shannon K. (2022), 'The Myth of the Global: Why Regional Ties Win the Day', Foreign Affairs, 101(4): 158-169.
Polanyi, Karl (2001[1944]), The Great Transformation - The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time, Boston: Beacon Press. [Existe tradução portuguesa das Edições 70, de 2012].
Reich, Robert (2016), Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not for the Few, New York: Vintage Books.
Rodrik, Dani (2011), The Globalization Paradox: Why Global Markets, States, and Democracy Can't Coexist, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Rogoff, Kenneth (2022), 'The Age of Inflation: Easy Money, Hard Choices', Foreign Affairs, 101(6): 120-133.
Stiglitz, Joseph (2010), Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy, London: Allen Lane.
Stiglitz, Joseph (2018), Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited, New York and London: W.W. Norton.
Stiglitz, Joseph (2019), People, Power and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent, London: Allen Lane.
Tebble, A.J. (2009), "Hayek and social justice: a critique", Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 12(4): 581-604.
UNDP (2022), Human Development Report 2021/2022, New York: United Nations.
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Public Policy Internship
The main skills to be acquired during the training are:
1) the capacity to act professionally in a work environment
2) reflexive capacity of different organizations and work processes and procedures
3) development of personal, social and professional competencies
4) development of a final report demonstrating reflexive and analytical capacity
1. Organization of the process of placing students in internships
a. Inform and clarify about the professional intervention areas
b. Contact institutions that can provide internships
c. Preparation of letters of support and assistance to internship
d. Identification of the place for the practical learning period
2. Internship formalization
a. Elaboration of the internship protocol with the external institution
b. Identification of the vocational guidance officer
c. Study plan definition and corresponding professional application
d. Objective definition and job prospects
3. Current and thorough knowledge of the context for bringing the educational system to the social and professional activity
a. Regular monitoring of the trainee
b. Guidance for the internship report
c. Reflection and refining of experience
4. Planning and preparing the internship report
The final score will be obtained through two evaluation elements classified on a scale from zero to twenty: i) classification contained in the evaluation form completed by the external institution at the end of the Internship; ii) evaluation of the internship report presented by the student.
The final score will be obtained using the following weighting:
- Classification attributed by the external institution and included in the evaluation form (20% of the final grade);
- Classification assigned to the internship report (80% of the final grade).
The curricular unit does not include the evaluation by examination and the evaluation elements will have to be delivered within the calendar defined by the School of Sociology and Public Policies for the corresponding academic year.
Title: Bardach, E. & Patashnik, E., A practical guide for policy analysis: the eightfold path to more effective problem solving, 2020, Sage/ CQ Press.,
Cairney, P., Understanding public policy: theories and issues., 2019, Palgrave Macmillan.,
Dror, Y., Training for Policy Makers, 2006, Oxford University Press,
Capano, G., & Howlett, M. (eds.)., A modern guide to public policy., 2020, Edward Elgar Publishing.,
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Master Dissertation in Public Policy
The objective of this curricular unit is to allow students the development of empirical research to test scientific hypotheses in the public policy ambit. The conduction of empirical research is crucial both for the development of scientific knowledge and for the analysis of more specific contextual problems, such as the results of an intervention. The elaboration and writing of a dissertation will allow students to be active participants in the scientific community. At last, this curricular unit will enable students the development of critical skills concerning theoretical and empirical research.
Students who successfully complete this curricular unit shall be able to
- Formulate a research problem
- Elaborate a literature revision and put theories and empirical evidence to practice so as to formulate testable hypotheses
- Develop methods and materials for the hypotheses empirical testing
- Analyse results and reject/validate hypotheses
- Produce a scientific paper and poster
In the beginning of this curricular unit, students will be prompted to choose a personal interest topic, which is relevant for the state of the art, as well as a supervisor. With the supervisor, students will:
- Formulate the starting question
- Identify the relevant literature and elaborate a theoretical and empirical revision
- Formulate the research problem and the hypotheses
- Design a study to test the hypotheses
- Create a procedure and the materials
- Carry out the study
- Analyse and interpret the results
- Elaborate the dissertation plan
- Write the dissertation
Throughout this process students will receive important information for the theme of their dissertations and for the conduction of the process itself, as, for example, literature that is relevant for their topic and indications on the design they should use.
The dissertation will be assessed by a panel of judges in public tests, after the supervisor's approval of its conclusion and quality to be presented in public tests. Assessment will be based on the scientific merit of the study and on its theoretical and methodological adequacy.
Title: Smith, Catherine (2010), Writing Public Policy, New York, Oxford University Press.
Moran, M, Martin Rein, e Robert Goodin (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Kraft, Michael E., e Scott R. Furlong (2010), Public Policy. Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, Washington DC, CQPress,
Kingdon, John W. (2003), Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies, New York, Longman.
ISCTE (2008), Normas orientadoras para a dissertação ou trabalho de Projecto de Mestrado.
Dye, Thomas R. (2010), Understanding Public Policy, Boston, Longman.
Dror, Yehezkel (2006), ?Training for Policy Makers? in The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy. Ed by Michael Moran, Martin Rein, Robert Goodin, Oxford University Press.
Bransford, John (2010), How People Learn. Washington DC: National Academy Press.
Bardach, Eugene (2009), A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis, Washington DC, CQPress.
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Recommended optative
Optional courses will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.
1st semester
00511 | Education Policy (ESPP | PP)
00542 | Theory and History of Public Policy (ESPP | PP)
00555 | Using Statistical Indicators (ESPP | MPS)
00556 | Network Analysis (ESPP | MPS)
03427 | Comparative Political Institutions (ESPP | CP)
03646 | case Studt Methods in Political Economy
M8099 | Sociology of Professions (ESPP | Soc)
M8106 | Archives and Other Sources Studies (ESPP | MPS)
2nd semester
01708 | Indicators and Statistics in Public Policy (ESPP | PP)
02894 | Social Movements in the Digital Era (ESPP | CC)
03340 | Debates in Economics and Public Policy (ECSH | ESPP)
03972 | Environmental Policies (ESPP | PP)
L6124 | Comparative Social Policy (ESPP | PP)
M8269 | Societies and Political Systems in Europe (ESPP | HIST)
01712 | Policy Evaluation Methods
Objectives
The principal objective of the MSc in Public Policy is to provide its students with education appropriate for a new generation of professionals. It aims to train students in the analysis, management and implementation of public policy (PP) through reflection and deepened comprehension of the current realities in the field, supporting their acquisition of knowledge about concepts, theories and analytical perspectives originating in different disciplinary areas.
Other objectives of this Master's include providing broadened and up-to-date knowledge of concepts, theories, methods, techniques and the main analytic perspectives about Public Policy, which may be applied in an indepedent and original way.
The graduates acquire skills to:
- choose and design instruments for executing Public Policies (and their respective technical, judicial and ethical implications) and the principal fields of implementation, both in terms of analysis and design;
- implement acquired knowledge in identifying and resolving new problems in the field of Public Policy that arise in their area of study, research or professional activity;
- integrate knowledge and develop solutions, as well as formulate judgments in situations of limited or incomplete information, including the contemplation of relevant social, economic, political and ethical implications.