Abstract
This chapter considers different approaches to teaching policy analysis in the context of a comparative, international and/or global social policy programme. Drawing on the classic distinction between ‘analysis of policy’ and ‘analysis for policy’ as representing two ends of a continuum that characterise different approaches to policy analysis, the chapter reflects on the module design choices and dilemmas faced with each approach, unpacking the advantages and disadvantages that might be associated with the two approaches, and considering how far the target student audience might influence which approach to emphasise. It also considers the more specific challenges faced when embedding policy analysis in a comparative, international and global social programme and some of the ways in which approaches might be adapted to account for such an audience.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Teaching Social Policy: International, Comparative and Global Perspectives |
| Editors | Zoë Irving |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Chapter | 12 |
| Pages | 159-171 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978 1 03530 200 0 |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |