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Political Science 354 Exam and Class Breakdowns
Exam Menu: Essay Questions and their breakdown
Class: lecture notes, Readings and workshop
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Guidelines
You will find the breakdown of the module Political Science 354.
Use the Table of context to guide you through the notes
All lectures were attended and taken down as thoroughly as
possible
The module is broken down into 2 sections, Policy Analysis Term 3
and Political Risk Analysis term 4
Your semester test is based on Term 3’s work and then exam and
based on Term 4’s work.
, Table of Contents
o LECTURE NOTES ................................................................................................................................................... 5
o WEEK 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................5
o Lecture 1 ....................................................................................................................................................................5
o Workshops: practicing analysis .................................................................................................................................................................... 5
o Policy analysis .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
o What is a policy issue? ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
o LECTURE 2 ........................................................................................................................................................................6
o Introduction into policy sciences ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
o Lasswell article → prescribed reading ......................................................................................................................................................... 6
o Policy scientists ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
o Nakamura article .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
o Textbook approach ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
o WEEK 2 ............................................................................................................................................................................8
o Lecture 1 ....................................................................................................................................................................8
o Policy evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................8
o Policy evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
o General class ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
o Cloete Readings............................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
o Impact assessment ....................................................................................................................................................8
o Evidence-based policy making ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
o Development policy ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
o Evaluations ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
o WEEK 2 → PAY ATTENTION TO NINA NOTES..........................................................................................................................9
o Policy evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................9
o impact evaluation: type of evaluation ....................................................................................................................10
o Informal evaluation .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
o When we do evaluation → try to learn ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
o WEEK 3 ..........................................................................................................................................................................12
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................12
o Policy Making ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
o General discussion ...................................................................................................................................................12
o Essay ........................................................................................................................................................................12
o Dror Reading .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13
o Normative optimum model ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13
o Feminist approach ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
o Structuration theory .................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
o Study policy making ................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
o WEEK 4 ..........................................................................................................................................................................14
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................14
o Policy implementation *PI*.....................................................................................................................................14
o Word association ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
o Definition of PI.........................................................................................................................................................15
o Elmore Reading .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
o Likes ask this about policy implementation ............................................................................................................15
o Problem with FM ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
o Nak Reading ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
o Backwards Mapping BM ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15
o Barriers to PI based on TedX talk ...........................................................................................................................16
o Lecture 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................16
o Test Question ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
o WEEK 5 ..........................................................................................................................................................................16
o Lecture1 ...................................................................................................................................................................16
o Agenda setting ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
o Definition Agenda setting .......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
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, o Privileged.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
o Question ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
o General....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
o Question for test ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
o Kingdon’s multiple streams framework ..................................................................................................................17
o Fourie et al ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
o WEEK 6 ..........................................................................................................................................................................18
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................18
o Laswell ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
o Policy analyst.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
o Compare the beliefs during apartheid era and beliefs post-apartheid era............................................................................................... 19
o TEST QUESTION.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
o Class general .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
o WEEK 7 ..........................................................................................................................................................................20
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................20
o Test Questions (4 in total) .......................................................................................................................................................................... 20
o Class work .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
o Friedman newspaper article ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20
o Thinking map (might use In test) ............................................................................................................................................................... 21
o Activity .....................................................................................................................................................................21
o TERM 4 .............................................................................................................................................................. 22
o WEEK 1 .........................................................................................................................................................................22
o Lecture 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................22
o Political risk analysis................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
o Political risk ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
o Politics class discussion .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
o What is political risk ................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
o Sources of risk (possible exam question)................................................................................................................................................... 23
o Black Swan ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
o WEEK 2 .........................................................................................................................................................................24
o Lecture 3 & 4 ...........................................................................................................................................................24
o o .................................................................................................................................................... Micro risk
.................................................................................................................................................................................24
o o ................................................................................................................................................... Macro risk
.................................................................................................................................................................................24
o Industry specific risk................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
o Oil and Gas industry ................................................................................................................................................25
o WEEK 3 .........................................................................................................................................................................26
o Lecture 5 ..................................................................................................................................................................26
o POLITICAL INSTABILITY............................................................................................................................................................................... 26
o What is political instability ......................................................................................................................................................................... 26
o Instability in Africa ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
o Factors of Stability ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
o Measurement............................................................................................................................................................................................. 27
o What 5 political instabilities measures would you choose........................................................................................................................ 27
o LECTURE 6.......................................................................................................................................................................28
o essay ........................................................................................................................................................................28
o DEMOCRTAIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) .............................................................................................................28
o Brief History .............................................................................................................................................................28
o Natural resources....................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
o Political instability DRC .............................................................................................................................................................................. 29
o Sustained inability (will be in exam as a question) .................................................................................................29
o What would you apply for lecture 5 and apply to the DRC ....................................................................................................................... 29
o WEEK 4 ..........................................................................................................................................................................30
o lecture 1...................................................................................................................................................................30
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, o Ethnic and Religious Tension ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30
o What was the scramble for Africa?............................................................................................................................................................ 30
o Do ethically/religious heterogeneous countries always pose a risk? ........................................................................................................ 30
o Consequences ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 30
o NIGERIA..........................................................................................................................................................................31
o Ethnic ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
o Religious ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
o WEEK 5 ..........................................................................................................................................................................32
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................32
o Terrorism .................................................................................................................................................................32
o What is Terrorism ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
o One man’s terrorism is another man’s freedom fighter ........................................................................................................................... 32
o Towards a definition → 109 definitions ..................................................................................................................32
o Defining features .....................................................................................................................................................32
o 6 → Root causes of terrorism..................................................................................................................................33
o Domestic vs International vs transnational ............................................................................................................33
o Risk Factors .............................................................................................................................................................34
o WEEK 5 ..........................................................................................................................................................................34
o lecture 2...................................................................................................................................................................34
o Kenya .......................................................................................................................................................................34
o Major attacks in Kenya............................................................................................................................................................................... 34
o Al-Shabaab ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
o Westgate Mall and Garissa University ....................................................................................................................................................... 35
o Main Argument for Al-Shabaab’s attack on Kenya .................................................................................................................................... 35
o Cost of Terrors in General .......................................................................................................................................35
o Cost of terrorism in Kenya ......................................................................................................................................................................... 36
o WEEK 6 ..........................................................................................................................................................................36
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................36
o Geopolitics and Regionalism ...................................................................................................................................36
o 9/11 .........................................................................................................................................................................36
o Regional political risk ................................................................................................................................................................................. 37
o The Arab Spring .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
o Political Risk factors gave rise to Arab Spring? Or was it a Black Swan ..................................................................................................... 38
o Political risk factors .................................................................................................................................................38
o Are the states functional? .......................................................................................................................................38
o In Amenas (Case Study) ..........................................................................................................................................38
o Political Risk factors ................................................................................................................................................39
o Risk Management ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
o WEEK 6: EXAM PREP ........................................................................................................................................................39
o POLITICAL SCIENCE EXAM MENU 354.................................................................................................................. 39
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Political Science 354 Exam and Class Breakdowns
Exam Menu: Essay Questions and their breakdown
Class: lecture notes, Readings and workshop
o
Guidelines
You will find the breakdown of the module Political Science 354.
Use the Table of context to guide you through the notes
All lectures were attended and taken down as thoroughly as
possible
The module is broken down into 2 sections, Policy Analysis Term 3
and Political Risk Analysis term 4
Your semester test is based on Term 3’s work and then exam and
based on Term 4’s work.
, Table of Contents
o LECTURE NOTES ................................................................................................................................................... 5
o WEEK 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................5
o Lecture 1 ....................................................................................................................................................................5
o Workshops: practicing analysis .................................................................................................................................................................... 5
o Policy analysis .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
o What is a policy issue? ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
o LECTURE 2 ........................................................................................................................................................................6
o Introduction into policy sciences ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
o Lasswell article → prescribed reading ......................................................................................................................................................... 6
o Policy scientists ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
o Nakamura article .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
o Textbook approach ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
o WEEK 2 ............................................................................................................................................................................8
o Lecture 1 ....................................................................................................................................................................8
o Policy evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................8
o Policy evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
o General class ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
o Cloete Readings............................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
o Impact assessment ....................................................................................................................................................8
o Evidence-based policy making ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
o Development policy ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
o Evaluations ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
o WEEK 2 → PAY ATTENTION TO NINA NOTES..........................................................................................................................9
o Policy evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................9
o impact evaluation: type of evaluation ....................................................................................................................10
o Informal evaluation .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
o When we do evaluation → try to learn ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
o WEEK 3 ..........................................................................................................................................................................12
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................12
o Policy Making ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
o General discussion ...................................................................................................................................................12
o Essay ........................................................................................................................................................................12
o Dror Reading .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13
o Normative optimum model ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13
o Feminist approach ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
o Structuration theory .................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
o Study policy making ................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
o WEEK 4 ..........................................................................................................................................................................14
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................14
o Policy implementation *PI*.....................................................................................................................................14
o Word association ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
o Definition of PI.........................................................................................................................................................15
o Elmore Reading .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
o Likes ask this about policy implementation ............................................................................................................15
o Problem with FM ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
o Nak Reading ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
o Backwards Mapping BM ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15
o Barriers to PI based on TedX talk ...........................................................................................................................16
o Lecture 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................16
o Test Question ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
o WEEK 5 ..........................................................................................................................................................................16
o Lecture1 ...................................................................................................................................................................16
o Agenda setting ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
o Definition Agenda setting .......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
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, o Privileged.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
o Question ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
o General....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
o Question for test ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
o Kingdon’s multiple streams framework ..................................................................................................................17
o Fourie et al ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
o WEEK 6 ..........................................................................................................................................................................18
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................18
o Laswell ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
o Policy analyst.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
o Compare the beliefs during apartheid era and beliefs post-apartheid era............................................................................................... 19
o TEST QUESTION.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
o Class general .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
o WEEK 7 ..........................................................................................................................................................................20
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................20
o Test Questions (4 in total) .......................................................................................................................................................................... 20
o Class work .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
o Friedman newspaper article ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20
o Thinking map (might use In test) ............................................................................................................................................................... 21
o Activity .....................................................................................................................................................................21
o TERM 4 .............................................................................................................................................................. 22
o WEEK 1 .........................................................................................................................................................................22
o Lecture 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................22
o Political risk analysis................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
o Political risk ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
o Politics class discussion .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
o What is political risk ................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
o Sources of risk (possible exam question)................................................................................................................................................... 23
o Black Swan ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
o WEEK 2 .........................................................................................................................................................................24
o Lecture 3 & 4 ...........................................................................................................................................................24
o o .................................................................................................................................................... Micro risk
.................................................................................................................................................................................24
o o ................................................................................................................................................... Macro risk
.................................................................................................................................................................................24
o Industry specific risk................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
o Oil and Gas industry ................................................................................................................................................25
o WEEK 3 .........................................................................................................................................................................26
o Lecture 5 ..................................................................................................................................................................26
o POLITICAL INSTABILITY............................................................................................................................................................................... 26
o What is political instability ......................................................................................................................................................................... 26
o Instability in Africa ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
o Factors of Stability ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
o Measurement............................................................................................................................................................................................. 27
o What 5 political instabilities measures would you choose........................................................................................................................ 27
o LECTURE 6.......................................................................................................................................................................28
o essay ........................................................................................................................................................................28
o DEMOCRTAIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) .............................................................................................................28
o Brief History .............................................................................................................................................................28
o Natural resources....................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
o Political instability DRC .............................................................................................................................................................................. 29
o Sustained inability (will be in exam as a question) .................................................................................................29
o What would you apply for lecture 5 and apply to the DRC ....................................................................................................................... 29
o WEEK 4 ..........................................................................................................................................................................30
o lecture 1...................................................................................................................................................................30
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, o Ethnic and Religious Tension ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30
o What was the scramble for Africa?............................................................................................................................................................ 30
o Do ethically/religious heterogeneous countries always pose a risk? ........................................................................................................ 30
o Consequences ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 30
o NIGERIA..........................................................................................................................................................................31
o Ethnic ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
o Religious ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
o WEEK 5 ..........................................................................................................................................................................32
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................32
o Terrorism .................................................................................................................................................................32
o What is Terrorism ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
o One man’s terrorism is another man’s freedom fighter ........................................................................................................................... 32
o Towards a definition → 109 definitions ..................................................................................................................32
o Defining features .....................................................................................................................................................32
o 6 → Root causes of terrorism..................................................................................................................................33
o Domestic vs International vs transnational ............................................................................................................33
o Risk Factors .............................................................................................................................................................34
o WEEK 5 ..........................................................................................................................................................................34
o lecture 2...................................................................................................................................................................34
o Kenya .......................................................................................................................................................................34
o Major attacks in Kenya............................................................................................................................................................................... 34
o Al-Shabaab ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
o Westgate Mall and Garissa University ....................................................................................................................................................... 35
o Main Argument for Al-Shabaab’s attack on Kenya .................................................................................................................................... 35
o Cost of Terrors in General .......................................................................................................................................35
o Cost of terrorism in Kenya ......................................................................................................................................................................... 36
o WEEK 6 ..........................................................................................................................................................................36
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................36
o Geopolitics and Regionalism ...................................................................................................................................36
o 9/11 .........................................................................................................................................................................36
o Regional political risk ................................................................................................................................................................................. 37
o The Arab Spring .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
o Political Risk factors gave rise to Arab Spring? Or was it a Black Swan ..................................................................................................... 38
o Political risk factors .................................................................................................................................................38
o Are the states functional? .......................................................................................................................................38
o In Amenas (Case Study) ..........................................................................................................................................38
o Political Risk factors ................................................................................................................................................39
o Risk Management ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
o WEEK 6: EXAM PREP ........................................................................................................................................................39
o POLITICAL SCIENCE EXAM MENU 354.................................................................................................................. 39
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