Exam 2
Political Science 311 with Houston at University of Tennessee - Knoxville
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Outlines & Highlights for Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives by Michael E. Kraft, Scott R. Furlong, ISBN: 9781568029412
Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and AlternativesCreated: 2009-06-22
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Institutional Theory
The structures, rules, and norms of
organizations matter for the type of
process and policy that results? Individuals are rational actors; they seek to
maximize attainment of their preferences
or further their self-interest
? Policy reflects the self-interested
preferences of interested parties
? Policy is the aggregation of individual selfinterest
Policy Process/Stages Model
(5)
Agenda Setting
Policy Formulation
Policy Legitimation
Policy Evaluation
Policy Implementation
Policy Change
Why is it difficult to get issues on the
policymakers? agenda?
? The agenda is crowded
? Biases in the systemic and institutional
agendas
What is Policy Analysis?Kraft & Furlong
?Usually involves collecting and
interpreting information that clarifies the
causes and effects of public problems
and the likely consequences of using
one policy option or another to address
them.?What is Policy Analysis?Dunn
? What is the nature of the problem for which a
solution is sought?
? Which of two or more courses of action should be
chosen to solve the problem?
? What are the outcomes of choosing that course of
action?
? Does achieving the outcomes contribute to solving
the problem?
? What future outcomes can be expected if other
courses of action are chosen?
About this deck
Textbook:
Outlines & Highlights for Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives by Michael E. Kraft, Scott R. Furlong, ISBN: 9781568029412 Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and AlternativesCreated: 2009-06-22
Size: 6 flashcards
Views: 135
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