PO360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Neoliberalism
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Political outcomes: what is (cid:862)public policy(cid:863), how is public policy formed, types of policy decisions: Ideology: protestors pushing forward a particular ideology, neo-liberalism. In the 1930s (cid:1688)let the economy find its way out(cid:1689) but the problem was that the employment was too low. Have an interest: public opinion, administration, maybe a politician says they"ll do something but the administration (configuration of procedures, professionals, officers/clerks. Sometimes they don"t respond well to decision-makers) declines: policy community, sub-government- link between state and public, objective: how do you get into the sub-government, support parties that may become government, or, somehow find a way into sub-government. Pressure groups: attentive public- does not have a seat at the table. Protagonist: antagonist in the case is the state and the other group, antagonist- generally, the state, beneficiaries, claims, failure, acceptance as a valid representative, consultation, negotiation, formal recognition.
