Spea v 185 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

rational decision making - Traditional economic theory that people are rational actors rational choice/public choice - people act based on their self interest what does it mean to be a rational actor? - You are able to rank, order your preferences based on the expected utility of each option. These rank ordered preferences are stable and transitive. Having perfect information about all alternative possibilities. Maximize your utility pure rationality - requires person to have complete inf...

rational decision making Traditional economic theory that people are rational actors rational choice/public choice people act based on their self interest what does it mean to be a rational actor? You are able to rank, order your preferences based on the expected utility of each option. These rank ordered preferences are stable and transitive. Having perfect information about all alternative possibilities. Maximize your utility pure rationality requires person to have...

Policy - Some plan of actions that is designed to address a particular problem or situation. -Purposive, Goal oriented, strategic -Made in advance, implies some degree of long-term orientation Public Policy - The action (or inaction) of government with regard to a particular issue or set of issues. What government does (or purposely doesn't do). -Attempts to solve the problem that impacts a large segment of society -Has implications for the "public interest" Policy Cycle Model - 1. Age...

Theory - some basic understanding of things that helps us simplify and explain complex relationships Operationalization - how to turn abstract concepts into something tangible/ meaningful observation - how to measure analysis - how to demonstrate causality or pattern, ex. when trying to solve different policy problems dependent variable - a factor, event, or outcome that we want to explain independent variable - causes, explorations. things that we think are important factors in driving ...

Which of the following most accurately describes institutional racism? a) The systematic perpetuation of racial inequalities through laws, customs and practices b) Bureaucratic use of discretion to negatively impact minority constituents c) Racist administrative norms resulting from biased individual bureaucrats d) All of the above a) The systematic perpetuation of racial inequalities through laws, customs and practices Which of the following is most accurate? a) In means equality, ...

What does it mean to be a rational actor? You are able to rank-order your preferences based on the expected utility of each option. You are also able to analyze all the possible alternatives and know which alternatives will work the best. These rank-ordered preferences are stable and transitive. What is bounded rationality and how does it differ from pure rationality? -Bounded rationality is a response to some problems with the comprehensively rational model, people don't have the capa...