12 monthsProgramme duration
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Public Policy
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The MSc Comparative Public Policy provides intensive analytical training in the systematic comparison of social and public policies from an international perspective.
How do countries and regions across the globe navigate the most pressing public policy challenges?
Thinking about public policy in comparative terms is second nature to any policy professional or scholar in Scotland. We constantly have to assess the similarities and differences between Scottish public policies and those implemented elsewhere in the UK. But furthermore, we are embedded in a network of international policy institutions in Europe and globally that mean comparison is a necessity and also an opportunity to learn from good examples elsewhere.
Embedded in an environment that is naturally conducive to public policy comparisons, we will ask questions about how countries and regions across the globe navigate similar challenges, often deploying different solutions to common problems.
Policy-makers often refer to what works or doesn’t work elsewhere to persuade the public about the strengths and weaknesses of particular policy options and comparing is at the heart of some of the most hotly-debated policy problems:
- Why do students pay for a university degree in some countries but not others?
- Why are unemployment benefits much more generous in some countries than others?
- Why did national responses to the 2008 financial crisis vary widely and so did the responses to Covid-19?
In this programme we will help you come up with meaningful comparative public policy questions and answer them in a sound and rigorous way.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Public Policy
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The MSc Comparative Public Policy provides intensive analytical training in the systematic comparison of social and public policies from an international perspective.
How do countries and regions across the globe navigate the most pressing public policy challenges?
Thinking about public policy in comparative terms is second nature to any policy professional or scholar in Scotland. We constantly have to assess the similarities and differences between Scottish public policies and those implemented elsewhere in the UK. But furthermore, we are embedded in a network of international policy institutions in Europe and globally that mean comparison is a necessity and also an opportunity to learn from good examples elsewhere.
Embedded in an environment that is naturally conducive to public policy comparisons, we will ask questions about how countries and regions across the globe navigate similar challenges, often deploying different solutions to common problems.
Policy-makers often refer to what works or doesn’t work elsewhere to persuade the public about the strengths and weaknesses of particular policy options and comparing is at the heart of some of the most hotly-debated policy problems:
- Why do students pay for a university degree in some countries but not others?
- Why are unemployment benefits much more generous in some countries than others?
- Why did national responses to the 2008 financial crisis vary widely and so did the responses to Covid-19?
In this programme we will help you come up with meaningful comparative public policy questions and answer them in a sound and rigorous way.
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