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GEOG 737 : Geographies of Public Policy

Postgraduate course

Project description

Exploring �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. It introduces students to transdisciplinary conversations involving geographers, anthropologists, sociologists and urbanists.

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)