CONTENTS
Course A: Science Theory
This course aims to increase the students understanding concerning the consequences of alternative science based theory when formulating scientific problems and choosing appropriate methods of inquiry.
The course also treats the following concepts: the perspective of human knowledge, argumentation theory and the philosophy of science, the concepts science and scientific character together with the meaning of concepts within different disciplines of science theory. Furthermore there will follow a discussion and treatment of science based theory when formulating scientific problems and choosing an appropriate method of inquiry as well as difficulties with varying types of scientific explanations. Each participant is responsible for, and will carry out, a critical assessment of a major scientific publication (licentiate or doctoral thesis)

Course B: Institutional Policy Analysis
- The course treats different types of application within today´s policy research. Special attention will be focused on the concept institution also how the concept interpreded within research disciplins.
- During the course certain alternative and complementing approaches, with special attention focused on so called network approaches, will be treated. The following approaches will be treated: The Advocacy Coalition Framework, The Impementation Structure Approach, Policy and Epistemic Community Approaches, The Institutional Analysis and Development Framework (IAD) and also Narrative Policy Analysis.

TEACHING


EXAMINATION
Grading system: Pass and Honours.
Rapports and seminars.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, G, VG

ITEMS/CREDITS

LITTERATUR Moment 2
"Policyanalys: Artikel- och exempelsamling," kompendium (1999). Luleå tekniska universitet, Avd. Statsvetenskap.
Hill, Michael (1993) The Policy Process: a reader. London: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
Premfors, Rune, (1992) Policyanalys. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Sabtier, Paul A (1999) Theories of the Policy Process. Boulder, Colorado: West view Press.