Public Policy Process
Hidayatullah National Law University · LL.B. Semester 4 · LLB-C-405
Unit I — Public Policy: Meaning, Definition, Scope, and Significance
Meaning and Definition of Public Policy · Characteristics of Public Policy · Typology of Public Policy · Nature, Scope and Significance of Studying Public Policy · Public Policy and Public Administration · Public Policy, Law, and Governance
Unit II — Approaches, Models and Paradigms
Approaches to Studying Public Policy · Models of Policy Making · Policy Paradigms: State Directed Model of Policy Making in India · Policy Paradigms: State Guided Model of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization · Issues of Contention: Michael M. Cernea’s Impoverishment Risks and Reconstruction Paradigm · Internationalization of Public Policy Constitutional Governance II
Unit III — State and Non-State Actors in Policy Formulation
Legislature · Executive · Judiciary · Independent Regulatory Agencies · Political Parties, Pressure Groups and the Public · Media, Universities/Research Organizations and Policy Think-Tanks
Unit IV — Policy Implementation
Policy Implementation and the Implementors · Role of Executive in Policy Implementation Constitutional Governance II · Role of Non-Governmental Organization in Policy Implementation · Interaction between Government and Non-Governmental Organizations · Issues in the Working of Non-Governmental Organizations · Strategies for Effective Policy Implementation
Unit V — Problems and Challenges in Policy Implementation
Problems in Policy Implementation · Caste, Class, and Community · Prevailing Power Structure and the Dominance of Local Elites · Impact of Politician-Bureaucratic Nexus · Issues of Acceptability, Resistance, and Ownership · Case Studies in Policy Implementation
Unit VI — Policy Evaluation
Meaning, Objectives and Importance of Policy Evaluation · Types/Stages of Policy Evaluation (Programme Impact, Program Strategy and Project Monitoring) · Methods of Evaluation (Cost Benefit Analysis, PPBS & Experimental Method) · Evaluating Agencies: Legislative Bodies, Audit Processes, Administrative Agencies, Commissions and Independent Agencies · Challenges in Policy Evaluation (Confounded Policy Goals, Unreliable Criteria for Measurement, Problems of Methodology and Statistics, Little Effect on Target Population, Political Interference, Gender as a critical component in Policy