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GEOG 737 : Geographies of Public Policy

Postgraduate course

Project description

What is policy? Who makes it? How is it made? What are its effects? Framed by questions like these, this course examines policy as dynamic, contested and inseparable from social power. It explores the nature of �policy��an all too familiar and taken for granted term�by focusing on how policies get made, how different actors and varieties of expertise influence the policy process, and how policies shape people and place. Emphasising the contributions of geographers, this course explores transdisciplinary conversations involving anthropologists, sociologists and urbanists. It engages students in discussions of current theoretical perspectives and asks them to �ground� those perspectives in their areas of interest.

Year 2022

Location New Zealand

Organization University of Auckland

Project aims

Project outcome

By the end of this course, students will be able to: Understand and critically evaluate current research on policy and policy-making within critical geography and allied social sciences (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) Evaluate different perspectives on policy in relation to their theoretical claims and styles of empirical investigation (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) Examine the changing roles of state and non-state actors, and associated forms of expertise, in the policy process (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) Critically evaluate and effectively synthesise, communicate and discuss academic debates (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)