Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Unemployment Benefits
22 Jan 2018
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The authoritative allocation of values for a society . The process of deciding who gets what, when, where and how . What government(s) choose to do or not to do about a speci c problem . What government(s) do to shape our interactions with the state and other members of society . Reallocation/redistribution: some kind of exchange of funds or resources. Laws: the constitution, federal and provincial laws, laws are enforceable with legal consequence. Regulation: enforceable with civil consequences, ex. Policy: rules/guidelines, very small sanction for violation. Motivations geared towards bettering the lives of all: cooperative. Governments working with other parties/special interests (ex. corporate: aggressive. What motivates most public policy in canada. Public policies may be summarized and compared according to outputs classi ed into four types: distribution. Selling alcohol and marijuana: symbolic outputs. Changing the words of the national anthem. Types of policy-state relations: night watchman state. Only engages in things they think are important.
