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CONCEPT OF PUBLIC POLICY

STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION
DEFINITIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY RELEVANCE TO YOUR COURSE

TENETS OF PUBLIC POLICY


CONTENTS OF PUBLIC POLICY POLICY CYCLE

DEFINITIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY


PUBLIC : IT COMPPRISES DOMAIN OF HUMAN ACTIVITY WHICH IS REGARED AS REQUIRING GOVERNMENTAL INTERVENTIONS OR COMMON ACTION A DOMAIN OF LIFE WHICH IS NOT PRIVATE OR PURELY INDIVIDUAL BUT HELD IN COMMON POLICY : A PURPOSIVE COURSE OF ACTION TAKEN OR ADOPTED BY THOSE IN POWER IN PURSUIT OF CERTAIN GOALS OOBJECTIVES

DEFINITIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY


PUBLIC POLICY IS WHATEVER GOVERNMENTS CHOOSE TO DO OR NOT TO DO
THE TERM PUBLIC POLICY ALWAYS REFERS TO THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE INTENTIONS THAT DETERMINE THOSE ACTIONS

PUBLIC POLICY IS THE OUTCOME OF STRUGGLE IN GOVERNMENT OVER WHO GETS WHAT

DEFINITIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY


PUBLIC POLICY CONSISTS OF POLITICAL DECISIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE SOCIETAL GOALS
PUBLIC POLICY IS SUM OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES, WHETHER ACTING DIRECTLY OR THROUGH AGENTS, AS IT HAS AN INFLUENCE ON THE LIFE OF CITIZENS

DEFINITIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY


A PUBLIC POLICY IS A DELIBERATE PLAN OF ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO GUIDE DECISIONS AND ACHIEVE RATIONAL OUTCOMES PUBLIC POLICY CAN BE GENERALLY DEFINED AS THE COURSE OF ACTION OR INACTION TAKEN BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WITH REGARD TO A PARTICULAR ISSUE OR SET OF ISSUES

RELEVANCE OF PUBLIC POLICY


SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING
IMPROVES OUR KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIETY LINKAGES BETWEEN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS RESPONSE OF POLITICALSYSTEM TO THOSE CONDITIONS

PROFESSIONAL ADVICE
APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE TO THE SOLUTION OF PRACTICAL PROBLEMS

POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
TO INFORM POLITICAL DISCUSSION, ADVANCE THE LEVEL OF POLITICAL AWARENESS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC POLICY

COMMON TRAITS OF PUBLIC POLICY


THE POLICY IS MADE IN THE PUBLICS NAME POLICY IS GENEARLLY MADE OR INITIATED BY THE GOVERNMENT POLICY IS INTERPRETED AND IMPLEMENTED BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACTORS POLICY IS WHAT THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO DO POLICY IS WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CHOOSES NOT TO DO IT IS COMMONLY EMBODIED IN CONSTITUTIONS, LEGISLATIVE ACTS, AND JUDICIAL DECISIONS

CONTENTS OF PUBLIC POLICY

A PURPOSE STATEMENT APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESPONSIBILITIES POLICY STATEMENTS

TYPES OF PUBLIC POLICY

SUBSTANTIVE REGULATORY DISTRIBUTIVE REDISTRIBUTIVE CONFLICT POLICY ISSUE

TYPOLOGIES
EDUCATION POLICY HEALTH POLICY ENERGY POLICY POPULATION POLICY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY POLICY URBAN POLICY HOUSING POLICY WATER POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

POLICY CYCLE

ISSUE IDENTIFICATION POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATION CORODINATION DECISION IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION

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