PUBPOL 5455
Comparative Public and Healthcare Administration
The purpose of this seminar is to provide graduate students with an introduction to the scholarly development of comparative public and health administration, as well as criteria for comparison in public and healthcare leadership. Topics will explore the economic, political, and sociocultural factors that influence policy design and healthcare outcomes. Students are expected to comply with all university, school, and program policies related to both local and international travel. (MPA-INTPMN, MPA-PUBNON, MPA-SOCPOL, MPA-TPA)
Topics
- Explain key theories and concepts in public administration and health administration (e.g., governance, bureaucracy, decentralization, New Public Management, health systems frameworks).
- Describe the structure and functions of public and health administration systems across different countries.
- Analyze how political, economic, social, and cultural contexts shape administrative systems and health outcomes.
- Apply comparative frameworks to assess administrative reforms in public and health sectors and critically evaluate policy responses to major health challenges.
- Assess how governance structures affect health equity and service delivery and examine corruption, regulatory capacity, and institutional quality in comparative perspective.
- Draft a comparative case study on cross-national best practices and policy transfer using qualitative and quantitative method.
Official roster learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027