Policy and Governance

Workbook Policy and Governance: seminar questions and answers including class notes

This is a very comprehensive summary of the course Policy and Governance 2020/2021. It contains all the readings from week 1 until week 7, including short summaries of articles. The table of contents shows what chapters are discussed.

Summary of Policy and Governance Week 2: Trias Politica and Forms of Government. It contains National: Chapter 4: Constitutions, Chapter 5: Presidential and Parliamentary Government and Chapter 6: Multi-level government; international, national and sub-national European: Chapter 3: The institutional framework

A summary of the readings from Policy and Governance Week 4: Elections and Political Parties. It contains: National: Chapter 12: Voters and elections and Chapter 13: Party Government European: Chapter 5: Public opinion and political participation and Chapter 7: Political parties and the European Parliament

This is a summary of the book The Politics of The European Union Chapter 10: decision-making

Summary of Policy and Governance Week 6: Evaluating Political Systems. It contains: National: Chapter 3: Democratic change and persistence and Chapter 17: The future of the democratic state European: Chapter 12: Reflecting on the EU as a political system

Summary of Policy and Governance Week 5: Decision-making and Implementation. It contains; National: Chapter 7: Policy making and legislating (page 137-150), Chapter 8: Implementation (page 155-166), Chapter 15: Decision-making (page 324-331) (page 336-339) and Chapter 16: Public spending and public policies (page 342-355) European: Chapter 4: Legislation and decision-making (page 76-101), Chapter 10: Decision-making and Chapter 11: Implementing policies

Summary of Week 3, Policy and Governance: Political Cultures and Interest Groups, it contains: National: chapter 9: Political attitudes and behavior, chapter 10: Pressure groups and social movements, chapter 11: The mass media European: chapter 6: Interest groups and interest representation

Summary of the Article The European Union: Democratic Legitimacy in a Regional State? (Schmidt, 2004)

Summary of the readings from Week 1 Policy and Governance: Defining National and European Governance. National: it includes chapter 1: The historical development of the modern state and chapter 2: States and democracy European: chapter 1: The historical development of the EU and chapter 2: Analysing the EU