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SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, NEW DELHI

Department of Planning
Integrated B. Planning-M. Planning, IV Year, VIII Semester
January – May 2025

Studio Team Prof. (Dr.) Poonam Prakash, Dr. Chandrani Bandhopadhyaya, Ms Shalini
Kumari

Public Policy Analysis and Statutory Planning

Public policy is a set of laws, regulations, and actions that a government uses to
address a specific issue or problem. It organizes the larger structures and systems
which govern the behaviour of people, communities, and organizations in the public
realm. The state can frame a policy in any of the critical sectors like health,
environment, and education. Public policy analysis plays a crucial role in shaping
strategic decisions that influence urban planning and development, and governance
frameworks. Within this larger and sectoral public policy frameworks,
comprehensive plans ideally are required to translate them into spatial allocations
at regional/city level. While addressing some of the “wicked problems” of society,
public policy aims to resolving problems or conflicts over scarce resources in a just
and equitable manner. The Indian constitution lays down Directive Principles of
State Policy. While non-enforceable, these form the basis of governance in our
country.

Public policy analysis has developed as a distinct field and incorporates various
methodologies and perspectives. These range from policy analysis to process of
policy formation to meta-analysis of policy. Literature also identifies various
methods for policy analysis.

In the Eighth semester Planning Studio you will be required to undertake critical
review of selected public policy (eg. transport, environment, housing, health etc.)
its feasibility and spatial implications in a selected city. The purpose of this studio
exercise is to navigate the students on how to analyse and assess a public policy,
focusing on its implications and integration into a Master Plan, bridging the gap
between policy design, implementation and statutory planning.

Through the policy analysis, students will be equipped to develop competence for
understanding the role of frameworks in spatial allocations.

The Objectives for the studio exercise will be as follows:


1. To critically examine a public policy and appreciate the spatial implications
of the same.
2. To understand processes of resolution of competing and contested interests
in public policy. For eg. Understanding role of various stakeholders (local
communities, government agencies, private sector, civil society groups) as
well as existing mechanisms for conflict resolution.
3. To be able to assess the feasibility of selected public policies and its spatial
implications.
4. To suggest a framework for monitoring the effectiveness of the integrated
policies over time.

Studio is divided in three stages

Stage I - Developing a framework for policy analysis and critical review of selected
sectoral policy and field preparation ( 3- 4 weeks)
Stage II – Field Work and assessment of applicability of selected policy in case study
city ( 5 -6 weeks)
Stage III – Identification of Issues and Proposals for Policy as well as Plans. ( 4 weeks)
Final presentations and Report ( 2 weeks)

Stage I Developing a framework for policy analysis and critical review of selected
sectoral policy and field preparation.

This stage will include the following:

a. Study of Methods and techniques of policy analysis


b. Study of selected sectoral policy and its implementation
c. Study of master plan of selected city in the context of public policy
d. Field preparation and data requirements

In this process students are expected to start with literature study to have familiarity
with the key concepts of a policy, its salient features, frameworks, methodologies,
and its applications. The study will help contextualize the existing theories and the
real-time implications of policies providing the foundation for integrating them
effectively into master plans.

All students are required to select a Policy at National or State level and critically
evaluate the policy. The students will assess how policies are formed, their
effectiveness, and their socio-economic and environmental implications, alignment
with the long-term sustainable goals and its integration with development plans (if
there is).

● First review on literature study on concepts and techniques of public policy


analysis will be held on 13 January 2025
● Presentation will be made through slide presentation mode.
References
• Mcnutt, K., & Pal, L. A. (2011). “Modernizing Government”: Mapping Global Public
Policy Networks. Governance, 24(3), 439–467. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-
0491.2011.01532.x
• Fischer, Frank; Miller, Gerald J.; Sidney, Mara S. (2006). Handbook of Public Policy
Analysis: Theory, Methods, and Politics. New York: Marcel Dekker. ISBN 1-57444-
561-8.
• Dunn, William N. (2007). Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction, 4th ed.
Pearson. ISBN 9780136155546.
• Parsons, D. W. (1995). Public Policy: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of
Policy Analysis. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Spicker, Paul (2006). Policy Analysis for Practice: Applying Social Policy. Policy Press
at the University of Bristol. ISBN 9781861348258.
• Weimer, David (2004). Policy Analysis Concepts and Practice. Prentice
Hall. ISBN 9780131830011.
• Cairney, P. (2023). The politics of policy analysis: theoretical insights on real world
problems. Journal of European Public Policy, 30(9), 1820–1838.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2023.2221282
• Flyjberg, B. (2005) Policy and Planning for Large Infrastructure Projects
• Mathur, K. (2015) Public Policy and Politics in India: How Institutions Matter, Oxford
India Press.
• Chakrabarty,B and Chand, P. (2016) Public Policy : theory, Concepts and Practice,
Sage, India.
• Thaler, Richard H., Cass R. Sunstein, and John P. Balz. 2014. “Choice Architecture.”
The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy, Eldar Shafir (ed).
• Sen, A. (1999) Development as Freedom, Oxford University Press.

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