Marc Le Menestrel

Agenda setting and policy decision making. May 10, 15:00-17:00

Raquel Gallego — 2011-11-17T09:43:05Z

– Where does policy come from?

– Which and whose interests influence policymaking?

Essay:

Use an example to analyse how an issue is included on the agenda and how it is brought to a decision stage.

Required readings:

Colebach, H.K. 2005. Who Makes Policy? Buckingham. Open University Press. 2nd edition. Ch. 3-4, pp.22-48. [PDF]Swine Flu case. [PDF]

Optional readings:

Colebach, H.K. 2005. Policy. Buckingham. Open University Press. 2nd edition. Ch. 5-6, pp.49-81.

Smith, K.; Larimer, C. 2009. The Public Policy Theory Primer, Westview Press, pp.49-99.

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Policy making: Problem definition and power. May 4, 9:00-11:00

Raquel Gallego — 2011-11-17T09:41:17Z

– What is a problem? What sort of ideas become problems?

– What is power? Who is powerful?

Essay:

What is a problem from a policy analysis perspective? Give an example.

Required reading:

Dery, D. 1984. Problem Definition in Policy Analysis, University Press of Kansas, Ch.2-3, pp.14-36. [PDF]

Optional reading:

Dowing, K 1996. Power. Buckingham: Open University Press
Loseke, D.R. 2003. Thinking about social problems. London: Aldine Transaction.

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The politics of health care networks. April 27, 9:00-11:00

Raquel Gallego — 2011-11-17T09:39:43Z

– Multilevel governance of health care: issues and evidence.

– Strategy building: The case of the “Catalan health care model”.

Essay:

What sort of issues rise from the devolution of welfare policies? How does devolution challenge the concept of welfare state?

Required readings:

Gallego, R.; Subirats, J. 2005 “Spain: from state welfare to regional welfare”, in McEwen, N.; Moreno, L. (eds) The territorial politics of welfare. London: Routledge. [PDF]

Gallego, R. and Subirats, J. 2011. “Regional welfare regimes and multilevel governance” in Guillén, A.M. and León, M. (eds.) The Spanish welfare state in European context, London: Ashgate.

Optional readings:

World Health Organization. 2010. http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/128830/e94549.pd" class="spip_out" rel="external">Health Systems in transition. Spain. Vol.12:4.

Gallego, R. 2000 “Introducing purchaser/provider separation in the Catalan Health Administration: A budget analysis”, Public Administration –An international quarterly, 78(2):420-439.

Gallego, R.; Subirats, J. 2005 “Spain: from state welfare to regional welfare”, in McEwen, N.; Moreno, L. (eds) The territorial politics of welfare. London: Routledge.

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Actors in health care systems. April 26, 16:00-18:00

Raquel Gallego — 2011-11-17T09:38:58Z

– Actors and agency relations in health systems.

– Health professions, organizations and power.

Essay:

What are the main factors that help understand the power of the medical profession?

Required reading:

Blank, R.H.; Burau, V. 2007. Comparative health policy. 2nd ed. Ch.5, pp. 131-158. [PDF]

Optional readings:

Ferlie, E. et al. 1996. (eds.) The new public management in action. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Ch. 7, pp.165-194.

Kickert W. and Klijn, E. 1997 (eds.) Managing complex networks. London:Sage, pp.14-61.

Johnson, T.; Larkin, G.; Saks, M. 1995. (eds.) Health professions and the state in Europe. London: Routledge.

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Why the ethics debate? Managerialism in health systems. April 13, 9:00-11:00

Raquel Gallego — 2011-11-17T09:37:51Z

– Health care systems reforms since the 80s.

– Managerialism and value change in the public sector.

Essay (max 600 words): What are the main threads of the health care reforms carried out over the turn of the century? What can we learn from them?

Required reading:

Docteur, E.; Oxley, H. 2003. Health-care systems: Lessons from the reform experience. Paris: OECD, pp. 7-50. (http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/53/22364122.pdf)

Optional readings:

Ferlie, E. et al. 1996. (eds.) The new public management in action. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Ch. 1, pp.1-29.

Lane, J.E. 2000. New Public Management, London: Routledge, pp.1-15

Le Grand, J.; Bartlett, W. 1993. (eds). Quasi-markets and social policy. London: Macmillan. Ch 2-4, pp. 13-92.

Paris, V., M. Devaux and L. Wei. 2010, “Health Systems Institutional Characteristics: A Survey of 29 OECD Countries”, OECD Health Working Papers, No. 50, OECD Publishing. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5kmfxfq9qbnr-en)

Pollitt, C. 1993. Managerialism and the public services. Oxford: Blackwell. 2nd edition, pp.1-27.

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