Week 1: Welcoming and course introduction 

Week 2: Comparative Public Policy: Theory Building 

Week 3: Political and Economic Dynamics of Policy Making

Week 4: Domestic Context of Policy Making

Week 5: Globalization and Public Policy

Week 6: Policy Transfer & Learning, Looking for Lessons and Venturing Abroad

Week 7: Comparative Public Policy – Social Security Policy (I)

Week 8: Comparative Public Policy – Social Security Policy (II)

Week 9: Comparative Public Policy – Social Security Policy (III)

Week 10: Comparative Public Policy – Healthcare Policy (I)

Week 11: Comparative Public Policy – Healthcare Policy (II)

Week 12: Comparative Public Policy – Healthcare Policy (III)

Week 13: Comparative Public Policy – Environmental Policy (I)

Week 14: Comparative Public Policy – Environmental Policy (II)

Week 15: Comparative Public Policy - Environmental Policy (III)

Week 16:  presentation (I)

Week 17:  presentation (II)

Week 18: Final paper preparation 

1. Class Participation 20%: Students are expected to read the assigned reading materials and engage the classes actively. 

2. Individual Presentation 30%: Details about the arrangement will be announced in the first lecture. 

3. Individual Paper (4,000-5,000 words) 50%: Students are required to write an essay related to the topics in this course.  

Dodds, Anneliese, (2013), Comparative Public Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, Ch 1

Haque, Rod and Harrop, Martin, (2004), Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction, 6th edition, Palgrave, NY, Ch 5

Heidenheimer, Arnold et al, (1983), Comparative Public Policy, Macmillan, NY, p 1-13

Hopkin, Jonathan, (2002), “Comparative Methods”, in Marsh, David and Stoker, Gerry, (2002), Theory and Methods in Political Science, Macmillan, NY

Landman, Todd, (2008), Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics: An Introduction, Routledge, London, Ch 1-2 (CityU Lib online)

Lim, Timothy, (2016), Doing Comparative Politics: An Introduction to Approaches and Issues, Lynne Reinner Publishers, Boulder, Ch3

Peters, B Guys (2018) Comparative Politics and Comparative Policy Studies: Making the Linkage, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 20:1, p.88-100