International Administrativ and Political Reforms Andre Molitor Chair

lspri2005  2018-2019  Louvain-la-Neuve

International Administrativ and Political Reforms Andre Molitor Chair
5 credits
35.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Delcorde Raoul; Dupuy Claire; Liegeois Michel coordinator;
Language
French
Main themes
The contents of this teaching depend on the experts giving the lectures. A priority is given to comparative di-mension, whether it is within the European framework or outwards. The choice of the personalities is given each year by POLS Department on proposal of SPRI Unit.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 This course aims at introducing the students to the issues of change in public organizations or policies, at the internal and/or international level by means of lectures given by guest-speakers. Coming from universities, po-litical circles or civil service, these experts are invited to present and discuss with the students (projects of) the reforms in the political and administrative field.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
"Foresight, anticipation and change management in organisations and public policies"
The course is organised in three parts. The first one sets up and defines the notions of foresight and anticipation as tools for change management, in connection with a  systemic approach, long-term temporalities, as well as a logic of strategy and action.
The second part articulate foresight approaches with the concepts used in the organisations and the public policies: sustainable development, governance, participative management, social innovation, etc.
The third part considers the processes of change by the way of foresight and anticipation methods in organisations, companies and public policies, applied at global and European levels including the national, federal and local specificities, in a comparative approach.
Evaluation methods
To determine in agreement with the invited teachers (presentation of a personal work or a group work, critical synthesis of conferences, essay,'.)
Other information
To determine in agreement with the invited teachers (presentation of a personal work or a group work, critical synthesis of conferences, essay,'.)
Bibliography
  • diapositives mises à la disposition des étudiants ainsi que les lectures de chaque séance sur moodle.
Ceci est une bibliographie indicative – les lectures associées à chaque séance sont indiquées dans le plan de cours.

Bartolini, Stefano (2005), Restructuring Europe, Oxford, Oxford university press.
Campbell, Andrea (2003), How Policies Make Citizens, Princeton, Princeton university press.
Gingrich, Jane (2011), Making Markets in the Welfare State. The Politics of Varying Market Reforms, Cambridge, Cambridge university press.
Graziano, Paola, Palier, Bruno & Jacquot, Sophie (eds) (2011), The EU and the Domestic Politics of the Welfare State Reforms, Basingstoke, Palgrave macmillan.
Keating, Michael (2013), Rescaling the European State; Oxford university press.
Lascoumes, Pierre & Le Galès, Patrick (dirs) (2005), Gouverner par les instruments, Paris, Presses de Sciences Po.
Schmidt, Vivien & Thatcher, Mark (eds) (2013), Resilient Liberalism in Europe’s Political Economy, Cambridge, Cambridge university press.
Thelen, Kathleen (2014), Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity, Cambridge, Cambridge university press.
Woll, Cornelia (2011), Le lobbying à rebours, Paris, Presses de Sciences Po.
Teaching materials
  • diapositives mises à la disposition des étudiants ainsi que les lectures de chaque séance sur moodle.
Faculty or entity
PSAD


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Political Sciences: General

Master [120] in Political Sciences: International Relations

Master [120] in Public Administration

Master [60] in Political Sciences: General