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the systematic, scientific analysis of government activity, including laws,
regulations and funding priorities, and its influence on society
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1 the study of public policy 2 public policy
3 7 stages of policy making 4 equity of policy delivery
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government action designed to address the
public policy
demands of a set of citizens to resolve a social issue
makes policymaking difficult by including
democracy competing interests, institutional barriers, and public
opinion
, a reason to study public policy. one of the
foundations of democracy. shows whose interests
accountability
are being served by the government. having
consent of the governed.
a reason to study public policy. whether the
resources, time and energy of a policy are
efficiency gains
delivering the greatest policy outcomes, for a given
level of resources.
a reason to study public policy. the extent to which
equity of policy delivery a government delivers the benefits of a policy
evenly across all communities.
the systematic, scientific analysis of government
the study of public policy activity, including laws, regulations and funding
priorities, and its influence on society
a system of shared powers in which the state
governments shifted some of their original powers
federalism to the national government and in which local
governments receive charters from the state.
includes national, state, and local governments.
reasons to study public accountability, efficiency gains, equity of policy
policy delivery
executive president, governor, mayor
legislative two houses (at the national and state level)
responsibility for prosecuting violations determined
judiciary
by the respective constitutions
a government system where one person has all
autocracy
power. citizens have no power over government.
proposed by Harold laswell. A heuristic
the policy making demonstrating the pathways by which policies are
process identified, proposed, evaluated, implemented and
terminated.