ST-600 Political Systems and Political Governance

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

• Spesialisering i offentlig administrasjon
• Ph.d.-program i samfunnsvitenskap

Forkunnskapskrav

Students need to fulfil the admission requirements for the PhD specialisation in Public Administration.

Innhold

Empirically, the focus of this course is on how new forms of governance are orchestrated and legitimated in local government, domestic central administrations, and within the European Union (EU) system.

• Review of governance literature in public administration and public policy

• Theories of governance, emphasizing institutional accounts

• Type I: Networked governance

• Type II: Multilevel governance

• Outline of an organizational approach to public governance

• Coordination in the absence of hierarchy

• European Administrative Networks: Effective governance tools in the European administrative space

• Legitimate governance and accountability in multilevel settings – the case of the EU

Læringsutbytte

On successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• have a comprehensive overview of the concept of governance, both with respect to the concept’s theorizing and its appearances in public organisations.

• apply concepts of governance to analyse empirical cases and to outline research strategies in studies of governance.

• present a systematic introduction to the development of the various forms and contents of public governance.

• provide a critical discussion of how it contributes to shape public governance structure and processes.

• trace the history of concepts and contemporary forms of governance.

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Instruction will comprise:

• Workshop given by lecturers and guest lecturers

• Student presentations of their research papers

• Feedback of each student's paper

Studentevaluering

The PhD programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.

Eksamen

Students will be assessed based on a term paper (~6-7000 words). The paper will be graded with pass or fail, where pass is the equivalent of a grade B or better.

Annen informasjon

Contact person: Professor Jarle Trondal