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Introduction to Governance,Politics & Policy
Week 1: What is governance?
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Sorry…
• …for splitting the class between rooms!
• For all lectures: video feed will be availablein room 1.009 and online
• Video feed is approx. 15 secs. delayed
Distribution Room 0.009 Room 1.009
Week 1 Subgroup A Subgroup B
Week 2 Subgroup B Subgroup A
Week 3 Subgroup A Subgroup B
Week 4 Subgroup B Subgroup A
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Questions? Problems?
• Use the courtesy phone
"• Dial 84712
• Or 043 388 47 12 from your mobile
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Agenda
• Why governance?
• What is governance?
• Administrative issues
– Course structure
– Requirements
– PBL– Contact information
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Why governance?
• A glorified catch phrase?
• The meaning of governance
– Environment– Capacity
• Government underpressure: rise of
governance?
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Why governance now ?
• “The era of an unchallenged, strongstate seems over”
• Influence of government a variable in acontinuum
– Changes over time
– Changes between governments
– Changes between policy areas
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Challenges to government
• Cost of government is rising
– Automatic growth in programs and costs
– Little political influence on the cost side
• Revenues are no longer increasing
– Additional taxes difficult to generate
– Capital flight, untaxed services
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Challenges to government
• “Too much government impedes
business”
– Free the market of government
influence– Move towards individualism
• State support for market-drivensolutions
• State recasting itself as a marketactor
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Challenges to government
• Globalization
– Reduction in sovereign power by enabling
evasion through relocation
– “Race to the bottom” competition among
governments?
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Challenges to government
• More complex interactions betweenmore actors
Nationalgovernments
Internationalorganizations
Regionalassociations
Sub-nationalunits
Privatecom-panies
Civilsociety
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Changing attitudes
• Changing attitudes towardsgovernments…
– Focus shift from input to output control
– Increasing dependence on other actors
– Seeking other solutions
• Governments playing a smaller role in
governance
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Quo vadis, government?
• Three possible paths:
1. National governments resume leadership
2. National governments allow others tolead
3. Governance reasserts itself (withoutgovernments)
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Resuming leadership
• Not weakening, but transforming: newgovernance
• State as the origin of globalization,IOs, subnational autonomy
• State remains central actor, retainspowers to control these forces
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Sharing the stage
• Current situation: state allowing otheractors in
– Conscious strategy
• Driving forces:
– Pressures from below
– Need for global governance
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Giving up?
• Deinstitutionalization
• The public produces services
• “Traditional” versions of democracy– Communitarianism
– Deliberative democracy
– Direct democracy
• Problems of scale, scope?
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What is governance?
Pierre & Peters: “Providing direction tosociety”
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Structure
Governance as…
• hierarchy
• market
• networks
• communities
Dynamic
Governance as…
• steering
• coordinating
Shapes of governance
vs.
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FINAL ANSWER There is no
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Governance as hierachy
• Governance by law (enforcement)
• State separate, above society
– External hierarchy
• Internal hierarchical operation
• Benchmark?
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Governance as market
• “Arena” instead of a hierarchy
• Governance by free play of market
forces, efficient & fair?• Public services are decided on by their
consumers
• Fashionable. Feasible?
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Governance as networks
• Policy networks combine differentactors, coordinate action
• State profits from expertise, supportby policy networks – what does it givein exchange?
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Governance as community
• Consumers of public services self-organize to provide the services
• Core assumption: not centralorganizing body
• Is this really governance?
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Governance as steering
or coordinating• Not structure, but
interaction matters
• Access to resourcesgives governmentscontrol
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Concluding thought…
Do we need to connect everything togovernment?
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Questions?
Phone 84712
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Course overview
Week 1 Introduction: What is governance?
Week 2 The process and its participants
Sep. 20 Mid-term paper due
Week 3 The process and its problems
Week 4 Introduction to policy analysis
Oct. 1 Final exam
Oct. 15 Grades announced
Oct. 18 Inspection hour
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Eleum
• All course-related info is distributed viaEleum:
– Block book
– Tasks
– Slides
• Please make sure that you have
access!
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Course literature
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Problem-Based Learning
Pre-Discussion:
1. Reading the task and clarifying the concepts
2. Defining the problem
3. Analyzing the problem: brainstorming tocollect prior knowledge and best guesses
4. Analyzing the problem: structuring your
knowledge5. Formulating learning goals
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Problem-Based Learning
Self-Study:
6. Self-study: identifying sources, studying,preparing report for post-discussion
Post-Discussion:
7. Reporting back to the group
Evaluation
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Problem-Based Learning
• Discussion leader
– Solves the task for the group
– Prepares in advance
– Guides/structures the discussion
– Makes sure the 7 steps are observed
– Enables participation by as many as
possible
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Problem-Based Learning
• Secretary
– Writes down everything anybody says, word forword
– Summarizes the most important points of thediscussion
– Writes down all learning goals
– (If necessary: stops the discussion leader if animportant point was missed)
– Posts the minutes on Eleum within 24 hours;earlier if at all possible
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Problem-Based Learning
• Tutor:
– Relaxes, listens to music, has a good time
– Monitors the discuss
– Helps out if the group gets stuck orproceeds on faulty knowledge
– Early sessions: chairs the group evaluation
– Grades participation
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Assessment
• Three components of your final grade:
– Participation (20%)
– Mid-term paper (30%)
– Final exam (50%)
• Grades announced by Fri, Oct 15
• Inspection Mon, Oct 18
• Resits for all components possible
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Participation
• Participation in tutorial groups is graded (by
quality!)
• There is hard presence requirement, but if
counts as a malus towards your participation• You can ask your tutor about your grade
• Volunteering as discussion leader/secretary
and doing a good job counts as a bonus
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Mid-term paper
• 4’000 word essay
• Preparation: Find a fellow student whodoes not share your nationality
• Task will be announced at next week’slecture
• Paper due: Mon, Sep. 20, 12 noon
• Hand in via Eleum
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Mid-term paper
• You and your co-author share thesame grade!
• Grading components:
– Formal requirements (25%)
– Understanding of the topic (35%)
– Quality of your argumentation (40%)
• Please, steer clear of plagiarism…
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Final exam
• Friday, October 1, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
• Location: t.b.a.
• “Closed book”
• Approx. 4 essay questions
• Please let us know early about studyimpediments, etc.
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Contact information
Lutz F. Krebs
Office: Room 0.006
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 043 / 388 4663
Ilire AgimiOffice: Room 2.029Email: [email protected] Phone: 043 / 388 4689
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