The Administration of Public Policy

Course content

This course introduces graduate students to the idea of public administration-the guiding general politico-administrative principles that determines how public policies are administered within a governance framework-and to public administration praxis-how public policies are formulated, implemented, financed, evaluated, and terminated. It will introduce students to the academic discourses on governance and public administration, public ethics and accountability, bureaucracy, organizational theory, people in organizations, the New Public Management, public sector and administrative reform, public budgeting. It also review the style of public administration adopted in a selection of countries that have been informed by different public administration principles.