Магистратура
2021/2022
Аналитические центры как субъекты политики
Лучший по критерию «Новизна полученных знаний»
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Политический анализ и публичная политика / Political Analysis and Public Policy)
Направление:
41.04.04. Политология
Кто читает:
Кафедра публичной политики
Где читается:
Факультет социальных наук
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Прогр. обучения:
Политический анализ и публичная политика
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
5
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course is a professional one, taught in the second year of master’s program ‘Political Analysis and Public Policy’ for specialization ‘Political Analysis and Public Policy’. This is an optional course that require prior knowledge in political science and public policy analysis. The course is aimed to provide students with general knowledge about roles and places of think tanks in public policy process with particular attention to features of their work, their types and strategies on advisory market. This course will give you theoretical and conceptual knowledge about think tanks, policy advisory systems, and practical insights on the functioning of diverse think tanks around the globe. Think tanks in XX century became a strong actor not only in intellectual support of policy-makers, but also in policy-making process itself. Their knowledge and expertise might be valuable in very different spheres and even authoritarian governments do not deny possibility to use think tanks’ support for better policy-making. During the course, we will have a look on different regions and markets where think tanks operating and see how influential and successful they could be in various environments.
Learning Objectives
- To show possibilities of the political analysis in defining of political actors, a role and a place of not-governmental actors in political process, in an estimation of their political status and influence
- To analyze activity of the main Russian and foreign think tanks their role in policymaking and types of their participation in this process
- To understand features and characteritics of policy advisory systems in different regions
- To study how think tanks could positively contribute to the quality of policy decisions and development of democratic institutions in a country
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Able to structure and define types of analytical centers and their role in political process
- Be able to conduct a research on activities of think-tanks with the ability to compare think tanks with each other, based on the clearly defined criteria and their influence on political process in respected countries
- Be able to define possible set of resources and strategies of think tanks, types of think tanks, based on their role in political process, types of analytical products of think tanks
- Be able to structure and define types of analytical centers and their role in political process
- Know definition of think tanks and their basic distinctive features from other institutes of intellectual policy support
- Know the general characteristics of a think tank and able to define them
- Know the methodological approaches to the analysis of role and place of think tanks in political process, function and forms of their participation in political process
Course Contents
- Introduction to the course
- Evolution of intellectual support of policymaking: from advisers to expert organizations
- Typology of Think tanks
- Think Tanks and global politics
- Think tanks in different regions of the world
- Think tanks, evidence-based policymaking and expertise in policy processes
- Policy advisory systems
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 2nd module0.5 * Final essay + 0.3 * Reflection paper + 0.2 * Individual presentation in class
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Abelson, D. E. (2018). Do Think Tanks Matter? Third Edition : Assessing the Impact of Public Policy Institutes (Vol. Third edition, revvised and expanded). Montreal: MQUP. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1944843
- James G. McGann. (2018). 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.13E9CE4F
- Kubilay Yado, A. (2013). Think Tanks : The Brain Trusts of US Foreign Policy. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=618323
- McGann, J. G. (2019). Think Tanks : The New Knowledge and Policy Brokers in Asia. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press and ADBI. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2040635
- Oxford handbook of governance / ed. by David Levi-Faur. (2012). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.362893454
- Rich, A. (2004). Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=161170
- Think tanks and strategic policy-making: the contribution of think tanks to policy advisory systems. (2017). POLICY SCIENCES, 50(1), 105–124. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnar&AN=edsnar.oai.openaccess.leidenuniv.nl.1887.55212
- Think tanks should come out of the shadows. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.F465758B
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Bergmair, B., Buchegger, T., Hoffelner, J., Schatz, G., Silber, S., & Klinglmayr, J. (2018). Instantly Deployable Expert Knowledge - Networks of Knowledge Engines. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsarx&AN=edsarx.1811.02964
- Guzansky, Y. (2017). Foreign policy think tanks and decision making processes. Strategic Assessment, 20(2), 125–135. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsram&AN=edsram.000596158
- Hoppe, R. (2008). Scientific advice and public policy: expert advisers’ and policymakers’ discourses on boundary work. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.D041BB
- Lavertu, S., & Weimer, D. (2009). Information Costs, Policy Uncertainty, and Political Control: Federal Advisory Committees at the FDA. Conference Papers —— Midwestern Political Science Association, 1. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=poh&AN=45298430
- Think tanks in policy making - do they matter? / Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. (2011). Shanghai: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.38937346X