Understanding Policies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Case Illustrations

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# Understanding Policies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Case Illustrations
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## Introduction
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.author[
### Yue HU
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.institute[
### Political Science, Tsinghua University
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## Overview

- Mutual introduction
- Take this class? (.red[IMPORTANT])
- Goal of this course
- Commitment

No hardcore knowledge, but tips that may save your semester.

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# Who Are You

(and Why do you deserve to be remembered?)

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## An Elevator Pitch

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# Ready? 
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## Tips for Elevator Pitching

Smile

Body language

Audience view

- Question
- Fact
- Story

## Two Goals for the Elevator Pitch

Key point of public policy analysis (.red[oft-ignored])

(One of) the .red[primary features] of this class

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- Not only understanding but also explaining/illustrating/convincing

- Being practical both on researching but also thinking

- Key: audience position, What may impress me?

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## My Turn

Passionate Political .red[Scientist]

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Political Psychologist and Methodologist; Comparativist and China Expert

Tropical .red[Instructor]

Diehard Fan of .red[R] Programming

King of .red[Anti-jokes] and Old Gags

I am .Large[DR. HU!]

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David Tennant (2005--2010)

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Your    
lovely 
.red[TA]

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# Take (Or Not Take) This Class?

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## So...?

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## A Typical PA Class

### GOAL

1. Policy .blue[whisperer]
1. .blue[Paradigm] of social science
1. .red[Academic] writing/presenting

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## A .red["]Typical.red["] PA Class

* Little about policy process
* Little about statistics

* Primarily .red[perspectives and methods]
* .blue[Professional] training

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## In a Conventional PA Class

* A lot of .red[concepts and procedures]
    + Structures/systems/branches/sections
    + Procedures/execution/communication
    + Outcomes
    + Evaluation/Issue    
    ......

* A lot of .red[models]
    + Smith Model
    + Mutual Adaptation Model
    + Communication Model of Intergovernmental Policy Implement   
    ......

* A lot of .red[specific] areas
    + Bureaucratic system
    + Social welfare
    + Environmental, distribution, tax, revenue    
    ......

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## Why

> [A PA class is] a program that prepares individuals to .red[serve as managers] in the executive arm of local, state, and federal government and that focuses on the .red[systematic study] of executive organization and management.

> --- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the US

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Incorporate with organization theories, law management, bureaucrat, budget analyses, etc.

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## In This Class...

* ~~Procedure~~
* ~~Evaluation~~
* ~~Policy Topics~~
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* Perspectives
* Approaches
* Methods
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Why?

General education class; not every manager knows the above to be the manager

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## Partially, A Methodological Course

We'll talk about a variety of approaches and methods, BUT...

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## What I Want You to Learn

A story first

Long long time ago, like in 1927,...

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William Howard Taft: The 27th president of the United States and the tenth chief justice of the United States

Robert Maynard Hutchins: Dean of Yale Law School (28 yr old), 后president of the U of Chicago

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## Chief Justice vs. Chancellor of the School

1927, Yale

[Taft:] Well, I understand that at Yale you teach your students that judges are fools.

[Hutchins:] No, Mr. Chief Justice, at Yale we teach our students to .blue[find that out] for .red[themselves].

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# Finding for Yourselves, But How?

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## What Will You Commit

- 3+ Presentations (You've done one of them already~)
- 3 assignments

A.k.a., a lot of work than a regular GE class

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The plus depends on how many left.

- Tasks 
    1. Reading
    1. Listening
    1. Expressing
    1. Writing

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## Take or Not Take

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## Reading

"Birkland (2007); 孙昶林(1991)"

> Required readings (~~word by word~~, just going through)

"参考文献: Lindblom and Woodhouse (1993); Lindblom (1965); Kingdon (2014)"

> References (a.k.a., no need to read immediately)

"Must-read: Hansen (2019)"

> AFTER the class (elaborated later)

Oh, btw, "retail English" all the time... .center[<img src="images/intro_trump.webp" width = 200 />]

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## Listening and Expressing

Attend and listen carefully!    
(Let me see your pretty face every time~~)

Certainly respond!

Please ask questions!

Well, also point out the typos~

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## Expressing (Continued)

.Large[课堂宾主对]

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## Presenter vs. Challenger

1. 10 min
1. Presenting
    + Content
    + Connection
    + Inspiring
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1. 10-20 min
1. Answering a question
1. Asking a question

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## Writing

### Smart Learning
 
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- Light note (or even zero note)
  - "Do I in what case look into the notes again?"

- Learning the logic

- Relating to your own area

- Open-minded (Please!)

- Being .red[humble] (Please, please!)

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### Final project

A proposal of public policy analysis

A semester-long project

1. A topic with .red[approval] (Week 4)
1. An .blue[annotated] bibliography (Week 9)
1. A .blue[complete] proposal (Week 16)

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Take the chance to learn how to be convincing.

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## Extra Credits

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## Take-Home Points

- Mutual introduction
    - Political scientist instructing a public policy course
- Take this class? (.red[IMPORTANT])
- Goal of this course
- Commitment