POLI 2027 — Part B Policy analysis paper — 2200 words — 50% weighting — Individual assessment — 2013 CHECK LIST —
The Part B paper is a critical analysis of the policy IMPLEMENTATION stages of the selected policy,
which includes the identification and analysis of the:
??policy instruments used to achieve the desired policy goals ??policy consultation and coordination processes???policy
implementation decision-making strategies???policy implementation choices
??policy evaluation from invited internal or external evaluators ??policy evaluation from unsolicited internal or external
analysts
•??provides critical and analytical discussion, rather than just descriptive discussion
•??substantiates the critical and analytical discussion from the scholarly literature and other ?
appropriate sources
•??engages with the scholarly literature specific to the selected policy, and the broader policy area
•??analysis is the policy response to the social issue, not an analysis of the social issue
•??utilises conventional analytical framework/s for an applied analysis to the selected policy
•??utilises alternative analytical framework/s for an applied analysis to the selected policy
•??the paper does not provide a general discussion on any analytical frameworks
•??professional academic writing and professional presentation
•??refer to the Course Outline pp. 8-10 for assessment criteria, information sources, preparation and
presentation requirements, extension and Turnitin policies
POLI 2027 — Part B Policy analysis paper — 2200 words — 50% weighting — Individual assessment — 2013 CHECK LIST —
Suggested headings and approx. section length:
Policy Context -:- Policy Instruments: Methods and Levers -:- Policy Consultation and Coordination Processes -:- Policy
Implementation: Strategies and Choices -:- Policy Evaluation and Review: Internal and External -:- Policy Recommendations:
Internal and External -:- References -:-
Policy Context
no more than 150 words approx. 450 words approx. 450 words approx. 450 words approx. 450 words
no more than 250 words approx. 12-15 quality sources
•?Identify the policy purpose and context (goals and objectives), and the relation to existing policies/programs
Policy Instruments: Methods and Levers
•?Analyse the type/s, method/s, and lever/s used to achieve and influence the desired policy goals and objectives
??e.g. coercion/compulsion, direct provision, income augmenting, indirect provision, inducement, legislation, network, safety
net, targeting/categorising, voluntary instruments, and/or other
Policy Consultation and Coordination Processes
•??Refer back to the Part A policy formation of key issues and issue drivers to critique these
processes
•??Analyse the consultation and coordination processes that were/are evident in the policy process
???critically discuss the strength or otherwise in these processes for insider or outsider policy
actors ?e.g. public service, street-level bureaucrats, interest/pressure groups, policy or issue networks, advocacy
coalitions, service users, gatekeepers, peak organisations, research organisations, consultants, lobbyists, think tanks,
and/or other
???identify how the policy instrument/s are coordinated across government/s, corporate, community
sectors, clients
POLI 2027 — Part B Policy analysis paper — 2200 words — 50% weighting — Individual assessment — 2013 CHECK LIST —
Policy Implementation: Strategies and Choices
•?Analyse the decision-making strategies to implement the policy through top-down or bottom-up strategies
??e.g. bounded rationality, crafted and/or purposeful arguments, crisis response, garbage can model, incrementalism, and/or
other
•?Identify and analyse the implementation choice/s ~ what involvement do stakeholders have in policy/program delivery?
??e.g. administrative, contracting, departmental program, political, statutory, and/or other
Policy Evaluation and Review: Internal and External
•??Refer back to the Part A representations/problematisation of the policy context, position/funding
within government/provision/delivery to analyse these processes
•??Critically discuss both the invited and unsolicited policy evaluation data and critique provided
by internal and external analysts
??e.g. how well has the policy met the desired goals and objectives – assessment of strengths and weaknesses from
stakeholders? what is the continued relevance and priority of the policy? were the goals and objectives reformulated for
alternative policy efficiencies or effectiveness?
Policy Recommendations: Internal and External
•?Succinct summary of evaluative and scholarly recommendations???is there a case for policy reform within policy instruments,
consultation, coordination,
implementation, and/or other?
POLI 2027 — Part B Policy analysis paper — 2200 words — 50% weighting — Individual assessment — 2013 CHECK LIST —
References
This course utilises the Harvard Author-Date referencing system (Course Outline pp.8-10):
•??the Harvard system provides accurate and consistent citations in the body of the paper (in-text
referencing)
???use ‘quotation marks’ and cite page number/s when direct quoting from policy documents, scholarly
and other appropriate literature
???however, paraphrasing is prioritised over lengthy direct quoting
???additionally, most consultation and evaluation reports, and other policy products are lengthy ?
documents. Please include the page number/s whether paraphrasing or direct quoting
•??the Harvard system provides accurate and complete citations at end-text (reference list)
including:
???full article title, full journal title, volume/issue numbers and page range
???a functioning URL when a document or webpage is accessed from a policy, government, NGO, ?research
institute or any other website only when external to the UniSA library databases
???accurate author/s, document name and publishing date
???streamline departmental, government, NGO, policy names, etc where appropriate in both in- ?text
and end-text referencing e.g. use acronyms for in-text referencing, use full name and include the acronym in the reference
list
•??the Harvard system provides a list of references cited within the body of the paper, not a
bibliography that records everything you may have read
???refer to Harvard guideline January 2013 version
???the reference list citations are not numbered or dot-pointed
???the reference list uses a single alphabetical list of all in-text citations. It is not arranged in
separate lists of journals, web sites, etc
•??approx. 12-15 quality sources