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welcome to MOG 2011 |
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Dept of Social and Political Studies Graduate Course in Administration and Public Policy 9 credits - 60 hrs
Spring Term - January to March |
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models of governance |
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Alessia Damonte, PhD |
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In the last decades, ‘governance’ has become a widespread term to indicate institutional architectures for producing public goods. However, these architectures are not value-free, as each embodies a specific solution to the trade-offs among ultimate goals such as efficiency, equity, effectiveness, accountability. Over time, different literatures have thus produced quite diverging accounts — partly because of their peculiar analytic viewpoint, and partly because of researchers’ normative tenets about the capability that a governance design has to deliver. But these capabilities are more often assumed than proved, and analyses seldom compare across governance regimes and against performances. The course aims at leading students beyond the current state-of-the-art in governance research. It will hence provide them with (a) a working map of the governance literature; (b) an analytical and methodological toolbox for the comparative study of governance designs; (c) the opportunity to actually apply concepts and methods by researching on an actual policy topic. The course will then foster attending students’ autonomy, critical reading and thinking, and ability to collaborate in projects. Students who, for any reason, are not able to attend classes can refer to the alternative program as indicated on the Faculty’s webpages. |