PPAS 4350/PUBL 6150, FW 2013-2014 Comparative Theories Of Policy Analysis

McLaughlin College Room 211 Monday 7pm-10pm

Instructor: H. T. Wilson, Ph.D Office: 234 McLaughlin College Telephone: 416.736.5384 Email: htwilson@osgoode.yorku.ca Website: www.yorku.ca/htwilson Office Hours: Mondays 6-7 PM or appointment

Course Description
An interdisciplinary introduction to some of the major theories of comparative policy analysis, including problem-driven theories; forces and influences; political economy; rational choice; agency theory; historical institutionalism;; policy paradigms; interest group theory; and complexity theory. Examples will be drawn from Canada, the U.S. and other OECD countries. Course credit exclusions: None. Prior TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AK/PPAS 4350 6.00. The Winter term of this course is being co-taught with SB/PUBL 6150 3.0 (Comparative Public Policy). While readings for the two courses are similar, students in SB/PUBL 6150 3.0 will have different assignments and will be marked according to different criteria. Further details for SB/PUBL 6150 3.0 students will be provided in a separate document.

Required Course Text / Readings

There is no text book for this course. Readings will be from electronic resources and material on reserve in the Scott Library.

Weighting of Course and due Dates, 2013-2014

Assignment Percent Due Date 1st Term Participation(2 x 5% presentation=10% +5) 15% Throughout Term 1st Term Essay Outline (on 1st half readings) 10% October 4 1st Term Essay (on 1st half readings) 2nd TermParticipation(2 x 5% presentations=10%+5 2nd Term Essay Outline (on 2nd half readings) 2nd Term Essay (on 2nd half readings) 25% 15% 10% 25% November 29 Throughout Term February 7 April 4

Submitting Assignments: Assignments are due at the start of class on the date specified. If you cannot submit your assignment in class you can take it to the SPPA main office (119 McLaughlin). If the office is open the staff will date stamp and sign in the assignment for the date you visit. If the office is closed you should place your assignment in the drop box. It will be date stamped and signed in when the office opens. Late Penalties: A late penalty of ten percent (10%) of the total available marks for the assignment will be assessed for every day late. Therefore an assignment worth 10 marks will be assessed a 1 percent penalty for every day late. Weekends count as one day. Completing the Course: The graded assignments are not optional. Other than in the case of the most extraordinary circumstances (such as an extended hospitalization), the instructor will not award a grade to any participant who has failed to complete all the assignments. Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend all classes. Course instructors are under no obligation to re-teach material that has already been taught during a regularly scheduled class. In the event that a student is unable to attend a class, they must notify the course instructor, in writing, prior to the beginning of the class for which they will be absent. A student who is absent from three (3) classes without providing written justification to the course instructor will receive a failing grade in the course. Access to Education is a Right: The instructor will strive to make whatever accommodations are required so that each student has the opportunity to succeed regardless of disability. However, it is your responsibility to make the instructor aware of your need for such accommodation and to provide documentation at the start of the term to support your request. Such documentation might be in the form of a letter or form from the appropriate on-campus agency or your personal caregiver or counselor. Last minute requests will not be entertained. Plagiarism and other forms of Cheating: Plagiarism and other forms of cheating devalue the work of every student who works to complete a degree or any other sort of education. As noted in the University policies, York considers it grounds for course failure and possible expulsion if proven and has requested that all instructors pursue vigorously all suspected cases. For more information see the University's Academic Honesty Policy . If plagiarism is suspected, the instructor reserves the right to use any tools at his disposal, including contacting other instructors and staff (both at York and other institutions) and text comparison software, to resolve the matter. You may be asked to sit a brief oral examination, based on your written assignments. You are under no obligation to do so of course, but if you decline it might strengthen suspicions and lead to further inquiries. Academic Integrity Tutorial: The University has developed a very good website that deals with academic integrity. It includes important information and advice on how to ensure your work is completed properly. Students are strongly urged to make use of this site so as to ensure they fully understand the University's Academic Honesty Policy. Go to the University Academic Integrity Tutorial

Expanded Course Description

An interdisciplinary introduction to the main theories of comparative policy analysis, including problem-driven theories; forces and influences; political economy; rational choice; agency theory; historical institutionalism; policy paradigms; interest group theory; and complexity theory. Examples will be drawn from Canada, the U.S. and other OECD countries. Course credit exclusions: None. Prior TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AK/PPAS 4350 6.00. The course is divided into six major components:

Theories of knowledge and public policy-making Forces that influence policy analysis and decision-making Mechanisms and structures through which these influences are articulated Theories and approaches to decision-making Advocacy coalitions and punctuated equilibrium as a rational attempt to synthesize all of the above Complexity theory as an alternate attempt to synthesize all of the above

Organization of the Course, 2013-2014

Weekly Readings Please Note: Unless indicated as "on reserve," readings are available electronically from the Library. The hyperlinks below each reading have been problematic and I am still working to correct them. However, even if they do not work, you can easily find your way to the relevant resources in the University Library's electronic databases given the citational information I have provided for each reading. Part 1: Theories of public policy, policy change and knowledge

September 9: What is public policy? o No Reading September 16: Public policy and public policy theory o Weimer, David L. 2008. Theories of and in the Policy Process. The Policy Studies Journal 36 (4): 489-495. http:// onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ j.15410072.2008.00280.x/abstract o Howlett, Michael and Benjiman Cashore 2009. The dependent variable problem in the study of policy change: Understanding policy change as a methodological variable. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis 11(1): 33-46. http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/doi/abs/10.1080/138769808 02648144 September 23: Positivism and constructivism: is the divide as clear as we think? o Finnemore, Martha and Kathryn Sikkink. 2001. Taking Stock: The Constructivist Research Program in International Relations and Comparative Politics. Annual Review of Political Science 4(1): 391-416. http ://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.polisci.4.1.391 3

Torgerson, Douglas. 1985. Contextual Orientation in Policy Analysis: The Contribution of Harold D. Lasswell. Policy Sciences 18 (3): 241-261. http://www.springer link.com/content/p56863351626m271/

Part 2: Theories and approaches to decision-making September 30: Rationality A.R. Vining and A.E. Boardman (2007) The choice of formal policy analysis methods in Canada, in L. Dobuzinskis, M. Howlett, and D. Laycock (eds.) Policy Analysis in Canada: The State of the Art. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp.48-85. Available online at: http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/lib/oculyork/docDetail.action?docID=1029 5249 S. Lee and S. Aos (2011) Using cost-benefit-analysis to understand the value of social interventions, Research on Social Work Practice 21(6), pp. 682-688. http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/10497315/v21i0006/68 2_ucatutvosi

October 7: Bounded Rationality

C.E. Lindblom (1959) The science of muddling through, Public Administration Review 19(2), pp.79-88. Available online at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/973677 L. Pal (2011) Assessing incrementalism: Formative assumptions, contemporary realities, Policy and Society 30(1), pp.29-39. Available online at: http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/14494035/v30i0001/29 _aifacr M. Lipson (2007) A garbage can model of UN Peacekeeping. Global Governance 13(1), pp. 7997. Available online at: http://journals.rienner.com/doi/abs/10.5555/ggov.2007.13.1.79

Part 3a:Theories as to what forces influence policy choices: Some Micro influences exogenous to the state

October 14: Interest Groups o Olson, Mancur. 1971. The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (read entire text). On Reserve. o Hacker, Jacob S. and Paul Pierson. 2010. Winner-Take-All Politics: Public Policy, Political Organization, and the Precipitous Rise of Top Incomes in the United States. Politics and Society 38(2): 152-204. http://journals1.scholarsporta l.i nfo/details.xqy?uri=/003232 92/v38i0002/152_wppppotiitus.xml October 21: Voters o Downs, Anthony. 1959. An Economic Theory of Democracy. New York: Harper (Introduction and Chapter One). On Reserve. o Shapiro, Robert J. & Lawrence Jacobs. 2010. The politics of health care reform. The Forum 8(1): Article 4

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Part 3b: Theories as to what forces influence policy choices: Macro influences exogenous to the state

October 28: The Domestic Political Economy o Panitch, Leo. 1977. The Role and Nature of the Canadian State, in Panitich, Leo (ed.) The Canadian State: Political Economy and Political Power. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. On Reserve. o McBride, Stephen. 2001. Paradigm Shift: Globalization and the Canadian State. Halifax: Fernwood. http: //site.ebrary.com/lib/oculyork/docDetail.action?docID=10192158 Introduction and Chapters 1 4. November 4: Reading Break: No Class

November 11: The International Political Economy o Keohane, Robert O. and Joseph S. Nye. 2000. Globalization: Whats New? Whats Not? (And So What?) Foreign Policy No. 118: 104-119. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1149673 o Hay, Collin and Nicola Jo-Anne Smith. 2010. How Policy-makers (Really) Understand Globalization: The Internal Architecture of Globalization Discourse in Europe. Public Administration 88(4): 903-927. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01863.x/abstract o Haupt, Andrea B. 2010. Parties Response to Economic Globalization: What is Left for the Left and Right for the Right? Party Politics 16(1): 5-27. http://journ als2.scholarsportal.info/details.xqy?uri=/13540688/v16i00 01/5_prteg.xml

Part 3c: Theories as to what forces influence policy choices: Influences endogenous to the state

November 18: Structural Studies I: Rational Choice and Agency Theory o Borins, Sanford F. 1988. Public Choice: Yes Minister Made it Popular But Does Winning the Nobel Prize Make it True? Canadian Public Administration 31(1):12-26. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1754-7121.1988.tb02139.x/abstract o Savoie, Donald J. 1995. What is wrong with the new public management. Canadian Public Administration 38(1): 112-121. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/doi/10.1111/j.17547121.1995.tb01132.x/abstract o Borins, Sanford F. 1994. The new public management is here to stay. Canadian Public Administration 38(1): 122-132. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/doi/10.1111/j.17547121.1995.tb01133.x/abstract

November 25: Historical/Institutional Design o Ostrom, Elinor. 1999. Coping with tragedies of the commons. Annual Review of Political Science 2:493-535. http://www.annualreviews.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.p olisci.2.1.493 o Aligica, Paul D. and Peter Boettke. 2011. The two social philosophies of the Ostroms institutionalism. The Policy Studies Journal 39(1): 29-49. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.0000395.x/abstract
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Rothstein, Bo and Steinmo, Sven. 2002. Restructuring the Welfare State: Political Institutions and Policy Change. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Editors Introduction, Conclusion and choice of 1-2 case study chapters). On Reserve Jordan, Jason. 2010. Institutional Feedback and Support for the Welfare State: The Case of National Health Care. Comparative Political Studies 43(7): 862-885. http://journals1.scholarsportal.info/details.xqy?uri=/001041 40/v43i0007/862_ifasfttconhc.xml Winter Break

January 6: No Class for 4350 students Information class for 6150 students

Part 4: Introduction to Term 2

January 13: An Introduction to Term 2 Theories of Public Policy Making o Capano, Gilberto. 2009. Understanding Policy Change as an Epistemological and Theoretical Problem. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis 11 (1): 7-31. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13876980802648284 January 20: The Context of Comparative Public Policy Making o Anonymous, 1982. Investment and Jobs. OECD Economic Outlook (July). 5-12 o Castles, Francis G. 2010. Black Swans and Elephants on the Move: The Impact of Emergencies on the Welfare State. Journal of European Social Policy 20(2): 91-101. o Howlett, Michael 2000. Managing the Hollow State: Procedural Policy Instruments and Modern Governance. Canadian Public Administration 43(4): 412-431.

Part 5: Theories of how influences are articulated January 27: Structures of interest articulation: Pluralism, Neo-Pluralism and Corporatism o H. Mawhinney (2001) Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Interest Groups, Education Policy 15(1), pp.187-214 http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/08959048/v15i0 001/187_tatuig o O. Molina and M. Rhodes (2002) Corporatism: The past, present and future of a concept, Annual Review of Political Science 5, pp. 305-331 http://journals2.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/details.xqy?uri=/10942 939/v05i0001/305_ctppafoac

February 3: Structures of state decision-making o K. Eaton (2000) Parliamentarianism vs. presidentialism in the policy-making arena, Comparative Politics 32(3), pp.355-376. Available online at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/422371 o R.F. OReilly (2002) Veto points, veto players and international trade policy, Comparative Political Studies 38(6), 652-675. Available online at: http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/00104140/v38i0 006/652_vpvpaitp o M. Crepaz and A.W. Moser, The impact of collective and competitive veto points on public expenditures in the global age, Comparative Political Studies 37(3) 259-285. Available online at: http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/00104140/v37i0 003/259_tiocacpeitga February 10: Structures of knowledge and ideas: Policy paradigms o P.A. Hall (1993) Policy Paradigms, Social Learning and the State: The Case of Economic Policymaking in Britain, Comparative Politics 25(3), pp. 275-296. Available online at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/422246 o C. Hay (2004) The normalizing role of rationalist assumption in the institutional embedding of neoiberalism, Economy and Society 33(4),pp. 500-527. Available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/doi/abs/10.1080/030851404 2000285260 o J. Jenson (2004) Changing the paradigm: Family responsibility or investing in children? Canadian Journal of Sociology 29(2), pp.169-192. Available online at: http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/17101123/v29i0 002/169_ctpfroiic February 17 Reading Break No Class

February 24: Policy-networks as an attempt to bring things together o M. Thatcher (1998) The development of policy network analyses: From modest origins to overarching frameworks, Journal of Theoretical Politics 10(4), 389-416. http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/09516298/v10i0 004/389_tdopna o J. Richardson (2000) Government, interest groups and policy change, Political Studies 48(5), 1006-1025. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/doi/10.1111/14679248.00292/abstract o M. Howlett (2002) Do networks matter? Linking policy network structure to policy outcomes: Evidence from four Canadian policy sectors 1990-2000, Canadian Journal of Political Science 35(2), 235-267. http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/00084239/v35i0 002/235_dnmlpnffcps1

Part 6: The advocacy coalition framework and punctuated equilibrium as an attempt to synthesize all of the above

March 3: The Advocacy Coalition Framework o P.A. Sabatier (1988) An advocacy coalition framework of policy change and the role of policy oriented learning therin, Policy Sciences 21(2-3), pp. 129-168. http://www.springerlink.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/content/g02w85335816211/ o C.M. Weible, P.A. Sabatier, K. McQueen (2009) Themes and variations: Taking stock of the advocacy coalition framework, Policy Studies Journal 37(1), pp. 121-140. http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/0190292x/v37i0 001/121_tavtsotacf o E.A. Shanahan, M.D. Jones, M.K. McBeth (2011) Policy narratives and policy processes, Policy Studies Journal 39(3), pp.535-561. http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/0190292x/v39i0 003/535_pnapp March 10: Putting ACF to work with some policy problems o E. Breton, L. Richard, F. Gagnon et al. (2006), Fighting a tobacco-tax rollback: A political analysis of the 1994 cigarette contraband crisis in Canada, Journal of Public Health Policy 27(1), 77-99. Available online at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3879067 o C. Brecher, C. Brazill, BC Weitzman, et al. (2010), Understanding the political context of new policy issues: The use of the advocacy coalition framework in the case of expanded after-school programs, Journal of public administration research and theory 20(2), pp. 335-355. http://jpart.oxfordjournals.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/content/20/2/335.abstract o L. Quaglia (2010) Completing the single market in financial services: the politics of competing advocacy coalitions. Journal of European Public Policy 17(7), pp.1007-1023. http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/doi/abs/10.1080/13501763.2 010.499239 March 17: Punctuated Equilibrium o B.D. Jones, F.R. Baumgartner, J.L. True (1998) Policy, punctuations: US budget authority, 1947-1995, Journal of Politics 60(1), pp.1-33. Available online at: http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/stable/2647999 o F.R. Baumgartner, C. Breunig, C. Green-Pedersen, B.D. Jones, P.B. et al. (2009). Punctuated equilibrium in comparative perspective. American Journal of Political Science, 53(3) 602-619. Available online at: http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/00925853/v53i0 003/603_peicp o M. Howlett and A. Mignone (2011) Charles Lindblom is alive and well and living in punctuated equilibrium land, Policy and Society 30(1), pp. 53-62. Available online at: http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/14494035/v30i0 001/53_cliaawalipel

March 24: Putting PE to work o A. Perl and J.A. Dunn (2007) Reframing automobile fuel economy policy in North American: The politics punctuating an equilibrium, Transport Reviews 27(1), 1-35. Available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/doi/abs/10.1080/014416406 00821308 o S. Walgrave and R. Vliegenthart (2010) Why are policy agendas punctuated? Friction and cascading in parliament and mass media in Belgium, Journal of European Public Policy 17(8), pp.1147-1170. Available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/doi/abs/10.1080/13501763.2 010.513562 o G.J. Busenberg (2011) The policy dynamics of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Review of Policy Research 28(5), pp. 401-422. Available online at: http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/resolve/1541132x/v28i0 005/401_tpdottps

Part 7: Complexity theory as an alternate attempt to synthesize all of the above

March 31: An introduction to complexity and public policy making. o J.C. Scott (1998) Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition have Failed. New Haven, CN: Yale University Press. Especially Chapter 9 Thin Simplifications and Practical Knowledge: Metis. Available online: http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/lib/oculyork/docDetail.action?docI D=10210235 o S. Globerman and B. Zimmerman (2002) Complicated and Complex Systems: What Would Successful Reform of Medicare Look Like? In P.G. Forest, G.P. Marchildon and T. McIntosh (eds.) Changing Health Care in Canada: The Romanow Papers, Volume 2. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Available online: http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/lib/oculyork/docDetail.action?docI D=10219132

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