GOVT 2306 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Policy, Bounded Rationality, Rationality
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Used by citizens and policy makers as conceptual framework to understand the nature of public problems and to shape and direct the way public policy is made. The way a problem is perceived or view will affect the way it is solved ii. Ideology plays a major role in defining policy making b: more general ideas about problems become more clarified and strategies for dealing with the problem are developed b. Open discussions of a problem in the press. Make public policy more rational - the idea that we have clearly identified the goals to achieve and formulated and implemented policies that address these problems in an optimal or efficient manner. Maximize the output of government with minimum commitment of. Policy making can be irrational due to the complexity of policy. Programs and policies and budgets grow incrementally from one policy cycle to another o. Policy makers don"t necessarily behave strictly rational or.