POLI 2P99 Lecture Notes - Bicameralism, Tax Expenditure, Environmental Policy
16 Sep 2013
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Intro: comparative politics the nature of the bureaucracy (institutional institution) Slide 1: introduction to basic concepts in the study of public policy. Where you stand on canada"s public policy record often depends on where you sit. Whatever governments choose to do or not do thomas dye. Public policy as a course of action or inaction by public authorities to address a given problem or set of problems leslie pal. Public policy is only the actions taken by certain groups. Unless it goes through the pmo it is not public policy choice to not do something is the governments choice (ignoring something, refusing to do something) Not doing things impulsively rational or justification course of action/pattern. Have to represent the values of the nation. Note the precondition of problem recognition in our definition of public policy. Difference between the majority and those who think about society through the lenses of others. To understand the legitimacy and capacity of government action.
