Transcript Outlines of elective seminars 2014-2015

École supérieure d’affaires publiques et
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Cours de 2ème année
Programme de maîtrise 2014-2015
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
2nd year courses
Master’s program 2014-2015
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Séminaires d’automne 2014 / 2014 Fall seminars:
API 6314 A
Health Policy
Patrick Fafard
API 6315 A
Social Policy
Geranda Notten
API 6317A
Immigration, Diversity and Public Policy
Ravi Pendakur
API 6319 A
Gender and Public Policy: A Comparative Perspective
Isabelle Engeli
API 6335 A
Canadian Foreign Policy
Ferry de Kerckhove
API 6337 A
Peace Operations
Roland Paris
API 6339 A
East Asia and Globalization
Yongjing Zhang
API 6339 B
African Politics in a Global Era
Rita Abrahamsen
API 6339 C
International Law and Canadian Public Policy
David Petrasek
API 6339 D
Russia and the West
Paul Robinson
API 6339 F
Crime and Punishment: Politics and Policy
Nomi Claire Lazar
API 6339 L
Fragile States
Christopher Zuercher
API 6399 A
Contemporary Topics in Public Management: Preparing for a
Career in the Public Sector
David Zussman
API 6399 B
Aboriginal Issues: Opportunities and challenges of treaty
making in the context of resource development.
Ravi Pendakur
API 6399 D
The Federal Accountability Act: Is there more accountability
today?
David Zussman
API 6732 A
Commerce international
Patrick Georges
API 6735 A
API 6739 G
Politique étrangère Canadienne
"Sociologie politique internationale : sécurité, liberté et
démocratie à l’épreuve de la transnationalisation"
Thomas Juneau
Didier Bigo
Descriptions:
API 6314 A "Health Policy"
Professor: Patrick Fafard
Email: [email protected]
Examination of the development of health policy in Canada and selected other OECD countries.
Issues covered include the funding of health-care, the role of public, non-profit, and private
organizations in the delivery of health care, intergovernmental relations in this field, disease
prevention and health promotion, and the impact of government policy generally on the health
status of the population.
API 6315 A "Social Policy"
Professor: Geranda Notten
Email: [email protected]
Examination of the development and transformation of the welfare state in Canada and other
OECD countries. Topics covered include poverty and income support, unemployment insurance,
child care and family policy, as well as pensions. The course examines the political, economic,
and demographic factors that have shaped social policy.
API 6317 A "Immigration Diversity and Public Policy"
Professor: Ravi Pendakur
Email: [email protected]
The intent of this course is to study issues of immigration and diversity with an emphasis on
public policy. Topics covered include the impact of immigration on Canada’s population and
economy, diversity and conceptions of citizenship in Canada, the United States and the
European Union, and attitudes towards immigration and diversity, including discrimination.
Major topics include:
1.
Policy issues including: immigration policy, multiculturalism policy and related policies.
2.
Immigration patterns in Canadian society and the link to diversity in Canada.
3.
Understand and explain socio-economic issues related to minority-majority relations.
API 6319 A "Gender and Public Policy: A Comparative Perspective"
Professor: Isabelle Engeli
Email: [email protected]
This course provides an introduction to gender and public policy and reviews a broad set of
policies addressing gender and sexuality issues in Western Europe, North America and at the
international level. The course explores why, how, when and to what effect gender dynamics
matter in public policy. The course discusses a broad range of policy topics including
reproductive policies, gender equality, social policies regarding employment and parental leave,
sexual harassment, same-sex marriage and sexual orientation-related issues, immigration and
citizenship, gender mainstreaming and international affairs. We will examine this broad range
of policies in a comparative perspective and draw on a variety of materials such as academic
papers, official documents as well as policy briefs and reports.
API6335A “Canadian Foreign Policy”
Professor: Part time prof (TBD)
Email:
Historical and contemporary analysis of Canada's foreign policy. Topics include the emergence
and growth of Canada as an actor on the world stage, its evolving priorities and roles in
international affairs, the relationship between foreign and domestic policies, the management
of Canadian foreign policy, and current issues and challenges
API 6337A "Peace Operations and post-conflict reconstruction"
Professor: Roland Paris
Email: [email protected]
Concepts and practice of peacekeeping, peace-making and post-conflict reconstruction. Topics
include the history and development of peace operations before and after the Cold War,
preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, humanitarian emergencies, the role of military and
civilian actors in peace operations, and the rehabilitation of countries after civil war.
API 6339 A "China’s Economy and Governance"
Professor: Yongjing Zhang
Email: [email protected]
This is a comprehensive course to survey the regionalism and globalization issues in
Contemporary East Asia, including Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. It will introduce students
to the theoretical and empirical perspectives and debates in social sciences on economies,
societies, politics, regionalism, and globalizations in East Asia. It will examine the social and
political origins of the rapid developments of East Asia countries (or regions) since the second
half the 20th century, primarily focusing on Japanese post-war economic miracle, four “Asian
Tigers” and China’s rise. It will also investigate the international commercial, diplomatic,
military and cultural relationships in the East Asian societies. Special attentions will be paid to
the contemporary regional conflicts, such as North Korea crisis, Diaoyu-Senkaku controversies,
and South China Sea disputes.
API 6339 B "African Politics in a Global Era"
Professor: Rita Abrahamsen Email: [email protected]
This course locates African politics within broader global processes, and examines the
interconnectedness of the local and the global in producing contemporary African politics.
Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches, topics to be covered include: the shifting nature
of the African state and its global intersections; the politics of ethnicity; the forms of conflict
and political violence; the dynamics of democratization; as well as the securitization of
development.
API 6339 C "International Law and Canadian Public Policy"
Professor: David Petrasek
Email: [email protected]
In today’s increasingly inter-connected world, international legal rules are important in many
areas of public policy, and not just for diplomats. Economic policy and trade, protection of the
environment, workers’ rights and social policy, ownership and use of natural resources,
immigration, the advancement of women, protection of minority languages and cultures – in
these and many other important areas of Canadian policy, international law constrains or
influences decision-making. How is international law made? Who is subject to it and who
enforces it? Who are the key actors involved? How is international law applied in Canada? And
is it really law or just an expression of the interests of powerful States and private interests that
really control international decision-making?
API 6339 D "Russia and the West"
Professor: Paul Robinson
Email : [email protected]
Examination of Russia's relationship with the West from cultural, historical perspectives. Study
of ideological debates between Slavophiles, Westerners, and Eurasians. Analysis of
contemporary issues in Russian foreign policy such as Russia's relationships with NATO and the
European Union, energy security, and the war with Georgia.
API 6339 F "Crime and Punishment: Politics and Policy"
Professor: Nomi Claire Lazar
Email: [email protected]
This course looks at the policy and politics of criminalizing and punishing behavior in a liberal
state. We critically engage concepts of deterrence, retribution and rehabilitation, as well as
exploring evidence on prison use and alternative measures. We will also look at political and
policy perspectives on crime prevention, special issues related to the criminal responsibility, as
well as approaches to mitigating the overrepresentation of aboriginal people in the Canadian
justice system.
API 6399 A "Contemporary Topics in Public Management: Preparing for a Career in the
Public Sector” (Capstone seminar)
Professors: David Zussman
Email: [email protected]
A capstone seminar that examines the major management challenges facing the public sector.
This would include the following topic: ethics and anti-corruption in government, recruitment,
hiring practices, the evolving role of political staff, the accounting officer model, evaluating
management performance, executive development, program evaluation, the merit principle
and non-partisanship.
API 6399 B "Aboriginal Issues: Opportunities and challenges of treaty making in the context
of resource development" (Capstone seminar)
Professor: Ravi Pendakur
Email: [email protected]
Aboriginal issues are multilayered and are probably amongst the most important issues that
Canada, as a nation must deal with. The goal of this course is to build an understanding of
some of the key issues facing First Nations in the areas of governance and economic
development.
Issues related to treaties, self-government, and economic development are amongst the most
challenging, particularly within the context of resource management.
Complicating the
process are existing legislation and policies, such as the Indian Act and regulatory regimes
among others as well as issues related to capacity development. The goal of this course is to
understand how these processes contribute to greater potential for development and greater
control for First Nations over decisions that affect their lives?
We will partner with three units at Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:
Policy Implementation Branch, Treaties and Aboriginal Government
Strategic Research Directorate, Policy and Strategic Directions
Evaluation, Performance Measurement and Review Branch, Audit and Evaluation.
As a group, we will assess the opportunities and challenges for economic development afforded
by treaties and treaty making within the context of energy development and resource
extraction in western Canada. Students will conduct research on the issue and present this
research to the department.
API 6399 D
seminar)
"The Federal Accountability Act: Is there more accountability today?" (Capstone
Professors: David Zussman
Email: [email protected]
A capstone seminar based on the Federal Accountability Act (FAA). It will include an in depth
assessment of the 2006 FAA - its purpose, implementation and key features. Other topics
would include a discussion of the evolution of accountability in government, the difference
between blame and accountability, the organization and function of accountability
organizations, the role of the judiciary and the politics of accountability.
API 6732 A "Commerce international"
Professeur : Patrick Georges
Courriel : [email protected]
Aspects théoriques et empiriques du commerce international. Les thèmes étudiés concernent
les gains de l'échange, les causes et conséquences du commerce, les alternatives au libreéchange (tarifs, quotas et barrières non tarifaires, union douanière), la mobilité des facteurs de
production, la croissance et la théorie des investissements étrangers directs, et la politique du
Canada en matière de commerce international et d'investissements étrangers.
API6735A "Politique étrangère canadienne"
Professeur : Thomas Juneau
Courriel : (à venir)
Étude de la politique étrangère du Canada, tant au niveau de ses fondements historiques et
conceptuels que dans sa forme actuelle. Le cours abordera l'émergence du Canada comme
acteur sur la scène internationale, l'évolution de ses priorités et de son rôle dans les affaires
internationales, et l'administration de la politique étrangère. La seconde moitié du cours sera
principalement construite autour de l'étude de cas récents auxquels le Canada a fait face sur la
scène internationale.
Offert comme séminaire d’intégration, ce cours comptera sur la participation de professionnels
en résidence ayant joué un rôle de premier plan dans la politique étrangère des dernières
décennies, ainsi que sur la présence d'invité œuvrant présentement dans le domaine de la
politique étrangère canadienne.
API 6739G "Sociologie politique internationale : sécurité, liberté et démocratie à l’épreuve de
la transnationalisation"
Professeur : Didier Bigo
Courriel : [email protected]
Ce cours-séminaire introduira les étudiants à la pratique de la recherche et de l’analyse des
questions de sécurité (internationale). Il sera fondé sur une approche interdisciplinaire des questions
de sécurité visant à aller au-delà des approches classiques (et critiques) des relations internationales.
Il explorera les articulations nécessaires des relations internationales issue de la science politique qui
se focalisent souvent sur une conception particulière de la sécurité comme moment d’exception
avec les savoirs venant d’autres disciplines s’intéressant aux pratiques sociales routinières des
acteurs, qu’il s’agisse de leurs sentiments et imaginaires sociaux à l’égard des insécurités dans les
villes, des étrangers et des voyageurs ou des pratiques policières locales, nationales ou
transnationales, qui disent les encadrer. La discussion avec la géographie urbaine, la sociologie des
migrations, la criminologie sera donc cruciale. Il en va de même pour les questions qui abordent les
pratiques de liberté : libertés d’aller et venir, de voyager, libertés d’opinion, de correspondance et
les mécanismes de surveillance qui se sont développées à la faveur de changement dans les
technologies liées à la computérisation des données. Ce cadre permettra, nous l’espérons,
d’élaborer une réflexion d’ensemble sur les caractéristiques des diverses pratiques de sécurisation et
insécurisation en combinant sociologie, étude du politique, et dimension internationale.
Séminaires d’hiver 2015 / Winter 2015 seminars
API 6315B
Social Policy
Miles Corak
API 6319B
Quantitative Research Methods for Public Policy, advanced
Ravi Pendakur
API 6339G
International Institutions, Power and Multilateral Governance
Alexandra Gheciu
API 6339H
Irrationality and Foreign Policy Decision Making
Paul Robinson
API 6339J
Military Ethics
Paul Robinson
API 6339K
Evaluating International Public Policies
Christoph Zuercher
API 6339L
China’s Economy and Governance
Yongjing Zhang
API 6339M
Nuclear Strategy
Peter Jones
API 6339O
Contemporary Issues in International Security
Michael Williams
API 6351A
International Economics and Developing Countries
Geranda Notten
API 6399E
Capstone Seminar: Intergovernmental Relations and
Policy
API 6399F
Capstone Seminar: Education in an International Context: Ross Finnie
Economic, Social and Policy Dimensions
API 6399G
Capstone: International Human Rights - Law and Practice
David Petrasek
API 6399H
Intelligence and international Security
Wesley Wark
API 6399J
Introduction to Modern Diplomacy
Robert Hage
API6399K
Communicating Public Policy
Richard French &
Alan Freeman
API 6739C
Dilemmes et opportunités en politiques publiques au Canada
Prof TP
API6739D
Thème choisi
Christine Straehle
API 6739E
Le développement durable et la politique environnementale
Luc Juillet
API6739F
Prise de décision à l’interface des sciences et de la politique Patrick Fafard
publique
Public Patrick Fafard
API 6799B
Communication et politiques publiques.
Richard French
Gilles Paquet
Descriptions:
API 6315 B "Social Policy"
Professor: Miles Corak
Email: [email protected]
Examination of the development and transformation of the welfare state in Canada and other
OECD countries. Topics covered include poverty and income support, unemployment insurance,
child care and family policy, as well as pensions. The course examines the political, economic,
and demographic factors that have shaped social policy.
API 6319 B "Quantitative Research Methods for Public Policy, advanced"
Professor: Ravi Pendakur
Email: [email protected]
The goal of this course is to explore multivariate quantitative methods used for assessing public
policy. These methods include multiple regression (including instrumental variable regression,
quantile regression and logistic regression), factor analysis and structural equation modeling.
API 6339 G "International Institutions, Power and Multilateral Governance"
Professor: Alexandra Gheciu
Email: [email protected]
In the era of globalization and the blurring of boundaries between domestic/international
arenas, international institutions are potent participants in practices of governance, affecting
virtually all areas of life—from border control to economic development, environmental
regulation and the transnational fight against organized crime.
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API 6339 H "Irrationality and Foreign Policy Decision Making "
Professor: Paul Robinson
Email: [email protected]
Study of the decision-making pathologies that cause politicians to make what appear to be
irrational decisions in foreign policy, drawing on works of political science, social psychology,
philosophy, and history. Analysis of phenomena such as misperception, cognitive biases,
prospect theory, and strategic culture. Theories will be applied to case studies, both historical
and contemporary.
API 6339 J "Military Ethics"
Professor: Paul Robinson
Email: [email protected]
Study of military ethics from the state to the personal level. History and primary tenets of just
war theory; non-Western and non-Christian perspectives on the justice of war; military-civil
relations; conscientious and selective conscientious objection; ethics education in the military.
API 6339 K "Evaluating International Public Policies"
Professor: Christoph Zuercher
Email: [email protected]
One of the catchwords of international public policies is “empirical based policy”. But how can
we know whether a policy works? Who wants to know and why? And what happens with this
knowledge?
This course investigates these questions. Students will learn about the basic methodological
principles of evaluating policies, dissect a range of policy evaluations, and get insights of what is
typically happening with this type of knowledge in the maelstrom of bureaucracies.
We will use examples form polices aimed at helping fragile, underdeveloped and war torn
states. But the insights from this course apply to all cases of policy evaluations.
API 6339 L "China’s Economy and Governance"
Professor: Yongjing Zhang
Email: [email protected]
This interdisciplinary course applies tools of economics and political science to a study of the
transformation of the People’s Republic of China with a focus on structural and institutional
changes behind China’s economic success after 1978. It will provide students a comprehensive
introduction to China’s economy and governance, as well as an in-depth analysis of current
debates on reform and policy. The goal is to help students understand a range of issues facing
China's economy and governance, such as reform strategy and process, industrialization,
privatization, rural and agricultural reform, banking and financial sector development, fiscal
federalism and regional development, the transformation of state-society relations, the relation
with the global economy, rent seeking and corruption, democracy with Chinese characteristics,
and the sustainability of economic growth.
API 6339 M "Nuclear Strategy"
Professor: Peter Jones
Email: [email protected]
Concerns over nuclear proliferation to such states as North Korea and Iran, and over the
possible use of nuclear devices by “terrorists,” rank amongst the most significant worries of the
age. And yet, when the Cold War ended, many believed that the spectre of nuclear destruction
had been lifted from humanity.
This course will examine the “The Nuclear Age,” from the explosion of the first atomic bomb
over Hiroshima, Japan in 1945 until today. The emphasis will be on trying to understand the
policies and politics which have driven nuclear decisions from the point of view of the policymakers of the day, and on how today’s nuclear concerns descend from the accumulated
decisions of the past 65 years. The course will examine a number of key issues, including:
•The decision to build and use the first atomic weapons;
•How atomic, and then nuclear, issues affected decision-making during the Cold War;
•The evolution of deterrence strategy and detente;
•Various attempts at disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation;
•Nuclear fears in today’s world, including proliferation and nuclear terrorism.
This will be a seminar course. Students will be expected to make a presentation in one seminar
during the course and also to prepare a term paper. A take-home exam will complete the
marking system.
API 6339 O "Contemporary Issues in International Security"
Professor: Michael Williams
Email: [email protected]
Security has become a pervasive theme and dominant concern of modern political life.
Traditional ideas and institutions that defined security primarily as the military defence of state
borders are being overlain and challenged by dynamics that cross in the internal/external
divide, and involve a diverse range of new ideas, organizations and technologies. This course
critically examines a range of transformations in the security agenda, and the challenges they
present for analysts and policymakers.
API 6351 A
"International Economics and Developing Countries"
Professors: Geranda Notten
Gordon Betcherman
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Introduction to the economic analysis of developing countries. The course will review the
different theories of economic development, and the tools used i. to measure economic
development, ii. to assess obstacles to growth and development and iii. to assess relevant
policy areas in low and middle income countries. Topics considered are, among others,
economic development, human development, poverty and inequality, macro-economic
stability, trade, employment, human capital and financial markets.
API 6399 E “Intergovernmental Relations and Public Policy" (Capstone seminar)
Professors: Patrick Fafard
Email : [email protected]
In Canada, as in other countries, federalism and the system of intergovernmental relations that
is required to make it work have a major impact on almost all areas of public policy. This course
will provide a detailed analysis of the impact of both federalism and the growing role of
municipal governments on public policy. The course begins with an introduction to the basic
institutions of Canadian federalism and then moves to an analysis of some of the policy sectors.
API 6399 F "Education in an International Context: Economic, Social and Policy Dimensions"
(Capstone seminar)
Professors: Ross Finnie
Email : [email protected]
This course will cover the economic, social and policy dimensions of education policy in Canada,
with an emphasis on comparing and contrasting Canada’s system with those of other OECD
(developed) countries and economies. It will integrate and interweave the many diverse
elements that underlie the ways in which learning is conceived and delivered at different levels
and, ultimately, its impact on individuals and society.
The course will take a lifelong approach, through which all major aspects of learning will be
examined, including not only post-secondary education and primary and secondary education
(K-12), but also early childhood development, various aspects of informal learning, and training,
since each contributes to the prosperity and well-being of individuals and societies.
The course will deal with each phase of learning as an economic, education, and public policy
issue, with governance and international comparative aspects woven into the presentation and
readings for each issue discussed.
API 6399 G "International Human Rights - Law and Practice" (Capstone seminar)
Professors: David Petrasek
Email: [email protected]
This course will provide students with a critical appreciation of the gap between the rhetoric
and the reality of international efforts to protect human rights. Proceeding on the basis of an
introduction to the basic features of the international legal regime for the protection of human
rights, students will examine key contemporary challenges that undermine efforts to see that
regime fully implemented. The aim is to equip students with the ability to critically assess the
overall strengths and weaknesses of this system, and the role of the various actors involved,
including governments, multilateral institutions like the United Nations, and global civil society.
As a capstone course, there will be a strong emphasis on the actual practice of international
human rights law and advocacy.
API6399 H "Intelligence and international Security" (Capstone seminar)
Professors: Wesley Wark
Greg Fyffe
Email : [email protected]
Email : [email protected]
This seminar will seek to introduce students to an understanding of the significant role that
intelligence plays in the conduct of statecraft and international security. The course will draw
on the academic literature on intelligence as well as the practitioner's experience. Among the
topics to be covered will be the following:
Intelligence Principles, Intelligence Methods, Intelligence Challenges from 9/11 to the present,
Ethics, Accountability and Control, Intelligence and Conflict.
Students in the seminar will learn about the structures of the Canadian security and intelligence
system and about Canadian national security priorities in a post 9/11 world.
Requirements for the course will include the writing of an essay on a key security issue and a
seminar presentation. An opportunity may be provided to students to present versions of their
essays to intelligence professionals and policy officials from the Canadian government.
API 6399 J "Introduction to Modern Diplomacy" (Capstone seminar)
Professors: Part time prof (TBD)
Email :
Since the end of Soviet Communism in the West and the rise of China in the East during the last
decade of the 20th Century, diplomacy has been undergoing an evolutionary change. The
underpinnings of a long-established profession of nation-state envoys, with rights and
obligations under international law, remain. However, globalization and the revolution in
information technology have brought a host of new and active international actors to the fore
(NGOs, sub-national governments, regional organizations, corporations and even organized
terrorism). Diplomacy today takes place among “multiple sites of authority power and
influence” requiring a diplomat’s skills of agility and adaptability. This must now be coupled
with openness to public diplomacy, civil society, pressing world challenges (economic,
environment, human rights, health, migration, transnational crime) and the instant and
widespread communication of messages, information and ideas. The course, drawing on the
expertise of practitioners and professors, will deal with the basics of traditional diplomacy
centred in the foreign ministry and the new network approaches required by the challenges
and opportunities of the 21st century.
API6399 K "Communicating Public Policy" (Capstone seminar)
Professors: Richard French
Alan Freeman
Email : [email protected]
Email : [email protected]
Communication is a fundamental part of the activities of government and those who seek to
interact or influence it. This course aims to (1) develop skills for communication in and around
government and (2) describe and analyze selected topics such as governance and
communications, organization of government communications, public opinion and media
relations, e-government, participation and consultation, access to information, crisis
communications, framing and the communication of risk, and social marketing/government
advertising. Among the skills to be developed are writing for analytical reports, press releases,
talking points, advocacy letters, op-eds, ministerial correspondence, answers to parliamentary
questions and oral presentations.
API6739 C "Dilemmes et opportunités en politiques publiques au Canada"
Professeur : Professeur à temps partiel à déterminer
Courriel:
Ce séminaire explorera les enjeux et dilemmes actuels en politiques publiques au Canada,
touchant ainsi les grands champs que sont la politique étrangère et de défense, ainsi que les
politiques énergétiques, économiques, environnementales et sociales. Il se penchera aussi sur
les défis et la complexité du processus de la formulation des politiques publiques.
Les objectifs spécifiques de ce cours consistent à:
- se familiariser avec le processus de formulation et de mise en œuvre des politiques publiques
dans le contexte canadien;
- comprendre et analyser les grands enjeux de politiques publiques auxquels le Canada fait face;
- Comprendre les outils conceptuels et théoriques permettant d’analyser les défis de politiques
publiques.
API6739 D "TITRE À DÉTERMINER"
Professeure: Christine Straehle
Email : [email protected]
Titre et description du cours non disponible
API6739 E "Le développement durable et la politique environnementale"
Professeur : Luc Juillet
Courriel: [email protected]
Le cours sera consacré à l’étude des principaux facteurs politiques influençant la formulation
des politiques environnementales sur la scène nationale et internationale. Les questions
suivantes seront abordées: la nature de la crise écologique et le rapport environnementéconomie; la diversité des idéologies entourant les luttes environnementales; l’usage de la
règlementation et des instruments économiques (e.g. taxe sur le carbone, marché de crédits de
pollution); la négociation des accords environnementaux internationaux et le rôle des
organisations internationales (e.g. ONU, PNUE); la situation particulière des pays en voie de
développement, y compris les puissances émergentes (e.g. Chine); l'influence des entreprises,
de la société civile (e.g. Greenpeace, WWF) et des gouvernements infranationaux (i.e. provinces
et villes); l’influence de la science, de l'aide internationale et du commerce international; et le
rôle de la justice et de l’équité dans la protection de l’environnement.
Bien qu’une attention particulière sera accordée aux changements climatiques, plusieurs
problèmes environnementaux seront discutés, tels que la protection de la couche d'ozone, la
protection de certaines espèces animales migratoires et le contrôle des polluants toxiques.
Sur le plan des méthodes pédagogiques, en plus de discussions de classe et de cours
magistraux, nous utiliserons des études de cas, nous discuterons avec certains praticiens et
nous discuterons d’un film documentaire faisant le portrait de certains militants de l’écologie.
Nous prévoyions aussi l’organisation d’une simulation des négociations internationales sur le
changement climatique. Cette simulation en classe permettra de mieux saisir certains des
enjeux et dynamiques de la politique internationale de l’environnement et de se familiariser
avec certaines approches à la négociation. Finalement, l'évaluation des étudiants comportera
notamment un travail de recherche individuel et un examen maison réalisé en fin de semestre.
API6739 F "Prise de décision à l'interface des sciences et de la politique publique"
Professeur : Patrick Fafard
Courriel: [email protected]
La politique scientifique et en particulier : les politiques publiques qui encouragent la recherche
et le développement scientifique et, à la fois, le rôle de la recherche scientifique dans le
développement des politiques publiques. Le processus de l’élaboration de la politique
scientifique, les institutions et les acteurs importants; l’évaluation de l’impact de la politique
scientifique; et les tendances nationales et internationales.
API6799 B "Communication et politiques publiques" (Séminaire d’intégration)
Professors: Richard French
Gilles Paquet
Email : [email protected]
Email : [email protected]
La communication est une dimension incontournable de tout gouvernement moderne. Elle est
au coeur des interactions entre toutes les parties prenantes tant à l’interne qu’à l’externe. Ce
cours vise (1) à aider ceux qui voudraient travailler à l’intérieur ou au pourtour du
gouvernement à développer les habiletés communicationnelles requises, et (2) à se faire en se
familiarisant avec une variété de thèmes et de tâches. Les thèmes suivants pourront être
abordés:
gouvernance
et
communications,
organisation
des
communications
gouvernementales, opinion publique et relations avec les médias,
gouvernement en ligne, processus de participation et de consultation, communication en
situation de crise, communication psycho-sociale du risque, marketing social et publicité
gouvernementale, etc. Les participants vont être appelés à s’adonner à certaines tâches:
préparer des rapports analytiques, des communiqués de presse, des réponses à des questions
posées en Chambre, de courts articles pour la page éditoriale des journaux, des réponses et des
argumentaires en style télégraphique pour utilisation par des tiers, des réponses pour la
correspondance du ministre, présentations oral etc. À noter que les présentations orales
doivent se faire en français.