POL6320   Analysing the Policy Process   (30 credits)

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The term 'governance' has become widely used in debates in Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations - often to mean very different things. In this module, students are introduced to its nature, meaning and significance. Governance's central concern is with how societies are being, and can be, steered in an increasingly complex world where states must interact with and influence other actors and institutions to achieve results. The course encourages students to understand the impact of governance and political forces such as - globalisation, europeanisation, neo-liberals reform etc - on both political power and the identity of the nation-state.

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