Transportation Institutions and Politics

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures combining theoretical explanations with conceptual and real-case discussions.

Learning Outcomes

Provide students with a deep knowledge and with advanced R&D skills and competences on the subject of transport policy and institutions.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Fundamental issues of public policy and its processes. Public policy analysis and assessment methods. The role of institutions in policy design and implementation. Environmental preservation issues and their role in policy design. Inclusion of environmental concerns in decision processes.

General transport policy and its application to the different transport modes.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Participation in classroom activities and written final exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Birkland TA, An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts, and Models of Public Policy Making, M.E. Sharpe, 2005
Button KJ, Hensher DA (Eds.), Handbook of Transport Strategy, Policy and Institutions, Elsevier, 2005
Button KJ, Keeler T, “The regulation of transport markets”, The Economic Journal 103: 1017-1028, 1993
European Conference of Ministers of Transport, Round Tables Transport and Economic Development No. 119, OECD, 2001
Goodin RE (Ed.), The Theory of Institutional Design, University of Cambridge Press, 1996
Kingdon JW, Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies, Longman, 2003
Nash C, Mathews B, Whelan G, “Rail infrastructure charging in Europe - principles and practice”, Proceedings of the 9th World Conference of Transport Research (WCTR), Seoul (South Korea), 2001.
Parsons W, Public Policy: An introduction to the Theory and Practice of Policy Analysis, Edward Elgar, 1995
Weimer DL, Vining AR, Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice, Prentice Hall, 2005