POLS2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Policy
Lecture 1
imbroglio:
A difficult or intricate situation; an entanglement
a confused or complicated disagreement
a confused heap; a tangle
Course Goals:
build a base of knowledge about history + present of indigenous-settler relations,
policies, political arguments, institutions, etc.
to step back from immediate political debates and policy questions, and consider
underlying dynamics
to develop your own perspective, based on 1 + 2, about how best to change
relationships or address problems
Distinctions don’t work
Course Goals:
politics v policy
problem definition is political
power is invested
all stages of the policy cycle involve politics
left v right
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