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Estonian Public Policy

Course code

RIA6001.YK

old course code

RIA6001

Course title in Estonian

Eesti avalikud poliitikad

Course title in English

Estonian Public Policy

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

A major course in the BA curriculum in Public Administration, which aims to analyse the policy-making process and management of the main public policies in Estonia.

Brief description of the course

Public policy-making: interests, institutions and governmental levels. Estonian public policy in the context of the European social model. Role and relations of the public, private and non-profit sector in provision of public services. Resources of public policy: types and principles of securing them. Financing public policy. Taxation policy. Public policy as redistribution – public goods, social services and transfers. Main public policy areas: social policy, educational policy, housing, environmental policy.
Individual work with academic and legal texts, statistical analyses.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge of the main policy-makers in Estonia, skills to analyse their views and actions;
- has knowledge of the main indicators of Estonian public policies;
- has skills to analyse social impact of policy results.

Teacher

Anu Toots, Triin Lauri

The course is a prerequisite

Comparative Welfare State (RIA7006)

Study programmes containing that course