Course 2013-2014 a.y.

Classi: 20 (I sem.)

Docenti responsabili delle classi:
Classe 20: GIOVANNI FATTORE

Obiettivo del corso è la comprensione del ruolo fondamentale delle istituzioni nella vita economica e politica. Il corso approfondisce in chiave istituzionalista i principali modelli di governo, dello Stato delle pubbliche amministrazioni e i processi di creazione delle politiche pubbliche. Il corso inoltre permette agli studenti di familiarizzarsi con diversi approcci alla ricerca sulle istituzioni. Il corso è organizzato in due blocchi: il primo presenta le principali visioni sul management pubblico e le modalità di governo nelle società contemporanee; il secondo blocco introduce gli studenti ai paradigmi e agli strumenti per lo studio delle istituzioni e delle forme di governo.

Primo blocco: Le istituzioni e i modelli di governo nelle società contemporanee

• Istituzionalismo e neo-istituzionalismo nello studio delle amministrazioni pubbliche
• Le diverse concezioni di governo e management pubblico: gerarchico-tecnocratica, individualista, partecipativa e fatalista
• Logiche e modelli nella formazione e implementazione delle politiche pubbliche
• Modelli di utilizzo delle evidenze nella formulazione delle politiche pubbliche
• Oltre i modelli tradizionali di governo: governance e governmentality.

Secondo blocco: Paradigmi e strumenti per lo studio delle istituzioni e delle forme di governo

• Paradigmi, riferimenti epistemologici e metodi di ricerca nello studio delle istituzioni (metodi quantitativi e qualitativi)
• Presentazione di esempi di metodi di ricerca applicati allo studio delle istituzioni (metodologie sperimentali e quasi-sperimentali, analisi delle reti sociali, metodi di interrogazione, analisi di casi)
• Sintesi delle evidenze scientifiche (analisi sistematiche della letteratura e meta-analisi)

Attending students

• Written exam on Block I (60%)
• Discussion of case study and memo (Block I; 10%)
• Written exam on Block II (30%)

Non attending students
Non attending students take a written exam on the reading material

Attending students

• C. HOOD, The art of the State: Culture, Rhetoric and Public Management, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000 (Part II: Chapters 4,5,6,7).
• Most of the course is based on articles from scientific journals and working papers. A complete and up-to-date list with an indication of the compulsory readings is provided at the beginning of the course.

Non attending students

• C. HOOD, The art of the State: Culture, Rhetoric and Public Management, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000 (all chapters).
• Most of the course is based on articles from scientific journals and working papers. A complete and up-to-date list with an indication of the compulsory readings is provided at the beginning of the course.

Classes: 21 (I sem.)

Instructors:
Class 21: GIOVANNI FATTORE

The purpose of the course is to appreciate the role of institutions in societies and economic and political systems. The course focuses with an institutional lens of the main approaches to government, to the organization of the State and of public administrations. The course, in addition, allows students to get familiar with different methodological approaches to the study of institutions and forms of government. The course is organized in two logical blocks. The first block presents the main conceptualizations of government e in modern societies. The second block presents research paradigms and methodologies for the study of institutions.

First block: Institutions and models of government in modern societies

• Institutionalism and neo-institutionalism in public administrations studies
• Main conceptions of government and public management: hierarchical-technocratic, individualist, participatory and fatalist
• Policy making and implementation in public institutions
• Model of evidence-based practices in public policy and management
• Beyond traditional government: governance and governmentality.

Second block: Paradigms and methodologies for doing research on institutions

• Paradigms and approaches in research on institutions (quantitative and qualitative methods)
• Major examples of research methods for social institutions: experiments and quasi-experiments, social network analysis, surveys, case studies, comparative analysis
• Summaries of scientific evidence: systematic reviews and meta-analysis.

Attending students

• Written exam on Block I (60%)
• Discussion of case study and memo (Block I; 10%)
• Written exam on Block II (30%)

Non attending students
Non attending students take a written exam on the reading material

Attending students

• C. HOOD, The art of the State: Culture, Rhetoric and Public Management, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000 (Part II: Chapters 4,5,6,7).
• Most of the course is based on articles from scientific journals and working papers. A complete and up-to-date list with an indication of the compulsory readings is provided at the beginning of the course.

Non attending students

• C. HOOD, The art of the State: Culture, Rhetoric and Public Management, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000 (all chapters).
• Most of the course is based on articles from scientific journals and working papers. A complete and up-to-date list with an indication of the compulsory readings is provided at the beginning of the course.