PUP 3002 Exam 1 – Questions With Suitable
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Terms in this set (242)
Government action designed to address the
Public Policy
demands of a set of citizens to resolve a social issue
The systematic, scientific analysis of government
The study of public
activity, including laws, regulations and funding
policy
priorities, and its influence on society.
- Accountability
why study public policy? - Efficiency Gains
- Equity of Policy Delivery
Whose interests precisely are being served by the
accountability
government?
-In order for democracy to succeed, the governed
must consent to the ruling government body.
consent of the governed
-In order to consent, citizens must be informed of
government actions.
-The process by which policies are passed and
implemented.
the study of public policy -Why specific policies are pursued and why others
attempts to answer are not.
-How well do government actions fit citizen
demands.
Whether the resources, time and energy of a policy
Policy Efficency are delivering the greatest policy outcomes, for a
given level of resources.
The extent to which a government delivers the
Equity
benefits of a policy evenly across all communities.
, -Nation; state; local
federalism -National and state possess constitutions
-Different goals and policy preferences
executive president, governor, mayor
legislative two houses (at the national and state level)
Goals and policy branches
preferences often vary
between?
-National, State and Local all possess an array or
Judiciary criminal, civil and administrative courts
-Prosecute violations of executive and legislative
democracy makes policymaking difficult
Competing interests, tedious and costly
institutional barriers, and
public opinion make
solving societal problems
-Citizens have control over government -
likely better than the
-Governments must appease citizens to stay in
autocracy
power
"Many forms of winston churchhill
Government have been
tried, and will be tried in
this world of sin and woe.
No one pretends that
democracy is perfect or
all-wise. Indeed it has
been said that
democracy is the worst
form of Government
except for all those other
forms that have been
tried from time to time"
the policy making Harold Laswell (1951)
process was proposed
by
, A heuristic demonstrating the pathways by which
the policy making
policies are identified, proposed, evaluated,
process
implemented and terminated
-Problem and Solution Identification
-Agenda Setting
-Policy Formulation
7 stages of the policy
-Alternative Formulation
making process
-Policy Selection and Adoption
-Policy Implementation
-Policy Evaluation
stakeholders Those who are affected by a policy problem
The demands exerted by stakeholders on the
policy demands
political actors
Credible action The mechanism by which demands pressure leaders
collection action stakeholders
problems exist around
-Willing to exert time and effort
-Has a stake in the solution
the policy entrepreneur
-Ability to link their preferred solution to the
'problem' of others
The process by which formal institutional centers of
agenda setting power will take up and potentially act on a policy
solution
-Preferences of Formal Actors
factors that shape policy -Actors External to Formal Institutions (Advocacy
agendas Coalitions)
-External Shocks
Policy solutions are competing alternatives
drawn from a set of
-Policy advocates
whos ideas are
-Private organizations subsidize government effort
considered?
by providing information
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Terms in this set (242)
Government action designed to address the
Public Policy
demands of a set of citizens to resolve a social issue
The systematic, scientific analysis of government
The study of public
activity, including laws, regulations and funding
policy
priorities, and its influence on society.
- Accountability
why study public policy? - Efficiency Gains
- Equity of Policy Delivery
Whose interests precisely are being served by the
accountability
government?
-In order for democracy to succeed, the governed
must consent to the ruling government body.
consent of the governed
-In order to consent, citizens must be informed of
government actions.
-The process by which policies are passed and
implemented.
the study of public policy -Why specific policies are pursued and why others
attempts to answer are not.
-How well do government actions fit citizen
demands.
Whether the resources, time and energy of a policy
Policy Efficency are delivering the greatest policy outcomes, for a
given level of resources.
The extent to which a government delivers the
Equity
benefits of a policy evenly across all communities.
, -Nation; state; local
federalism -National and state possess constitutions
-Different goals and policy preferences
executive president, governor, mayor
legislative two houses (at the national and state level)
Goals and policy branches
preferences often vary
between?
-National, State and Local all possess an array or
Judiciary criminal, civil and administrative courts
-Prosecute violations of executive and legislative
democracy makes policymaking difficult
Competing interests, tedious and costly
institutional barriers, and
public opinion make
solving societal problems
-Citizens have control over government -
likely better than the
-Governments must appease citizens to stay in
autocracy
power
"Many forms of winston churchhill
Government have been
tried, and will be tried in
this world of sin and woe.
No one pretends that
democracy is perfect or
all-wise. Indeed it has
been said that
democracy is the worst
form of Government
except for all those other
forms that have been
tried from time to time"
the policy making Harold Laswell (1951)
process was proposed
by
, A heuristic demonstrating the pathways by which
the policy making
policies are identified, proposed, evaluated,
process
implemented and terminated
-Problem and Solution Identification
-Agenda Setting
-Policy Formulation
7 stages of the policy
-Alternative Formulation
making process
-Policy Selection and Adoption
-Policy Implementation
-Policy Evaluation
stakeholders Those who are affected by a policy problem
The demands exerted by stakeholders on the
policy demands
political actors
Credible action The mechanism by which demands pressure leaders
collection action stakeholders
problems exist around
-Willing to exert time and effort
-Has a stake in the solution
the policy entrepreneur
-Ability to link their preferred solution to the
'problem' of others
The process by which formal institutional centers of
agenda setting power will take up and potentially act on a policy
solution
-Preferences of Formal Actors
factors that shape policy -Actors External to Formal Institutions (Advocacy
agendas Coalitions)
-External Shocks
Policy solutions are competing alternatives
drawn from a set of
-Policy advocates
whos ideas are
-Private organizations subsidize government effort
considered?
by providing information
