General Information

Patrick Hassenteufel (University of Paris-Saclay)

Patrick Hassenteufel is Professor of political science and director of the Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Paris-Saclay. His main research field is the comparative analysis of health policies in relation with the theoretical discussion on sociological approaches of the policy process. He published in several political science and public policy journals including the Journal of European Public Policy, Social Policy and Administration, Comparative Politics, Comparative European Politics, European Policy Analysis, International Review on Public Policy, Policy and Administration. He is member of the College of the International Public Policy Association and editor in chief of the journal Gouvernement et action publique.

Course: Analyzing Policy Processes in Healthcare

The aim of the course is to present different perspectives for the study of policy processes in healthcare, with a focus on the role of policy actors, the comparative dimensions and the way to grasp the multi-level characteristics of this complex policy field in relation with general approaches of the policy processes, especially policy transfer, policy translation, the programmatic action framework, sociology of professions, sociology of science and expertise, bureaucratization, multi-level governance…).  It will be divided in five parts:

1. 1. 1. The comparative analysis of health policies (with a focus on the role of policy transfer and policy translation processes); 
      2. Analyzing the transformation of healthcare systems (with a focus on the role of programmatic groups in policy change);
      3. Health professionals and patients in health policies (questioning the evolution of power relations in healthcare systems);
      4. The role of scientific expertise in health policies (with a focus on the shaping of expertise agencies, especially in relation with the COVID 19 pandemic);
      5. The multilevel analysis of health policies: from global health to territorialization (including the European level).