Note - The program is less than $16,000 for US students and like many UK Grad School Degrees, is 1 year long. US students can access FAFSA funds at Greenwich.
Programme Description
The role of public policy is crucial in determining national welfare. Shifts in international relations, the global financial crisis, increasing expectations from citizens, and ideological imperatives are all affecting how policy is formulated and delivered in advanced economies.
At the same time, developing and rapidly growing economies are under increasing public pressure to ensure that economic growth leads to social opportunities and improved access to education, health and other public services.
MA Public Policy and Practice will develop critical perspectives on policy making and practice in different political and institutional contexts, focusing on both advanced and developing nations. The programme will emphasise the theories of policy analysis and will introduce students to policy making processes of negotiations and bargaining; struggles between rationality and politics; and the tensions between different policy approaches. Policy action and implementation involves a formal, sequential process of delivery. The programme will establish the principles of policy action and highlight the relationship between policy and practice. This approach enables students to develop skills that allow them to relate theory to practice in a way that provides more informed solutions to problems and opportunities in their workplace.
The programme will appeal to graduates interested in working in the public sector, including local government, international and European institutions, and national and international Non-Government Organisations. Furthermore, it will be valuable for those already employed in these sectors who wish to enhance their progression opportunities.
Core courses
Public Policy in Theory and Practice
Case Studies in Policy Making and Practice
Dissertation
Research Methods
Optional Courses
Theoretical Perspectives in International Politics
International Human Rights Law
Public International Law
Crime, Terrorism and the State
Asylum, Social Control and Justice
Globalisation and Development
For more information and to discuss applying please contact Dr Nandini Dasgupta at n.dasgupta@gre.ac.uk.
