WORKSHOP ACTORS OF POLICY CHANGE Dmitry Zaytsev Ph

WORKSHOP ACTORS OF POLICY CHANGE Dmitry Zaytsev, Ph. D in Political Science, Irina Semenenko, Ph. D in Political Science, Anna Potsar, Ph. D in Philology, Sergey Parhomenko, Ph. D in Public Administration

RESEARCH GOAL � To evaluate the impact of diverse policy actors on policy-making, situational and institutional change, as a foundation of their influence on policy change

RESEARCH TASKS � To make a typology of policy actors � To develop methodology of policy impact evaluation � Modeling of different mechanisms of policy change

GENERAL THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ACTORS IMPACT Think Tanks, Analytical & Intellectual communities POLICY Education policy Identity Politics CONTEXT Civil Associations & Minorities Information (Media) Policy International org. (UN, EU, OSCE etc. ) European Neighborhood CONTEXTUAL PROCESSES: Protest Publics Policy DEMOCRATIZATION & NATION-BUILDING Government Policy toward NGOs INDENTITY CRISIS & DEVELOPMENT Interest groups (business) Social Policy POL. COMMUNICATION STRENGTHENING & WEAKENING Public officials. WELFARE (politicians)Church Policy toward Minorities STATE CRISIS & DEVELOPMENT Parliament Foreign Policy GOVERNANCE “WITH ADJECTIVES”, IMPROVING QUALITIES Environmental Policy

LIST OF TOPICS FOR RESEARCH � Protest Publics as Drivers of Political Change � EU as Driving Force for Democratization � Think Tanks and Intellectuals as Drivers of Democratic Development � The Role of Epistemic Communities in Education Policy Design in Russia

LIST OF TOPICS FOR RESEARCH � Discursive foundations for the political actorness � Discursive power and discursive impact � Particular communicative strategies in public policy

LIST OF TOPICS FOR RESEARCH � Identity Transformations and Identity Politics � Identity and nation Building � Role of state, civil associations and business in Identity Building � Ethnic relations and civil identity � Cultural diversity and civil identity � Recourse potential of Civil Identity � Responsible business as actor of policy change � Corporate Citizenship

LIST OF TOPICS FOR RESEARCH � � � � � Civil society as a driver of anti-corruption reforms NGOs (national/regional) as an actor of anti-corruption policy-making Business as a driver and a "recipient" of anti-corruption regulation Regional government or particular governmental organizations as actors of anti-corruption policy-making Public officials (politicians) and ethical regulation of civil service. Civil servants as drivers and recipients of civil service ethical regulation Think tanks and intellectual community participation in educational policy-making (particularly higher education, professional education). Public administration reforms of the last decades (new public management, good governance, participatory governance, etc. ) or their aspects (e-governance etc. ) and their drivers - civil society, intellectual community, legislative and executive branches of power, etc. (actor focus to be chosen). Study of demonstrations, indicators, and measurement of policy actors influence by sociological instruments

LIST OF CURRENT RESEARCH, DONE BY STUDENTS � Protest Public in Egypt and Turkey from 2011 until 2014: Assessment of Impact on Political Changes

LIST OF CURRENT RESEARCH, DONE BY STUDENTS � European Neighborhood Policy in Moldova and Ukraine in 2000 -2010 s: Evaluation of EU Impact on Democratic Rule of Law Reforms

LIST OF CURRENT RESEARCH, DONE BY STUDENTS � Protest Publics as Drivers of Political Changes: Case of Tunisia (2010 -2015)

LIST OF CURRENT RESEARCH, DONE BY STUDENTS � Protest Publics As Drivers Of Political Changes In Turkey (2013 -2015)

LIST OF CURRENT RESEARCH, DONE BY STUDENTS � Civil Associations and Protest Movement in Russia (2011 -2014)

LIST OF CURRENT RESEARCH, DONE BY STUDENTS � Think Tanks' Impact on Foreign Policy towards “Arab Spring” in embedded democracies: case of USA

LIST OF EXPERTS, WITH WHOM WORKSHOP LEADERS HAVE STABLE CONTACTS � Michael Howlett � Philippe Zittoun � Frank Fischer � Leonardo Morlino � Ronald Inglehart � Hans-Dieter Klingemann

ACTIVITIES � 1. Workshop #1 16. 09. 2014 � 2. Workshop #2 11. 10. 2014 � 3. Workshop #3 28. 02. 2015 � 4. Workshop #4 07. 03. 2015 � 5. Workshop #5 14. 03. 2015 � 6. Workshop #6 21. 03. 2015 � 7. Workshop #7 11. 04. 2015 � 8. Workshop #8 18. 04. 2015 � 9. Workshop #9 25. 04. 2015 � 10. Workshop #10 23. 05. 2015 � 11. Workshop #11 30. 05. 2015

MATERIALS

FORTHCOMING FOR PUBLICATION A. Anufriev, T. Zagumennaya, Hamid Ait El Caid. Protest Publics as Drivers of Political Change: case of Tunisia, Egypt, and Turkey (2011 -2015) � A. Galina, V. Kozlov, D. Zaytsev. Ukrainian Protests (2013 -2014) in the context of Multiple Cleavages: main explanatory factors and foundations � A. Kononova, D. Zaytsev. Think Tanks' Impact on Foreign Policy towards “Arab Spring” in embedded democracies: cases of USA and UK �

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