POG 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Unintended Consequences, Postcolonialism, Intersectionality

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 214
• Professor: Patricia O' Reilly

Document Summary

Clear (unambiguous) policy goals, objectives and directives. Effective communications with target sector, group or population. Stage of the policy process at which it is determined how a public policy has actually faired in action. Involves the evaluation of the means employed and the objectives being served. Assess the effectiveness of a public policy in terms of its perceived intentions and results. Part of the policy process is focused on the continuous improvement and policy learning. More of the economic side of the policy. Measure or trach the policy or program performance. Problems at other stages of the policy process (ideas change, poor design, wrong instruments_ The media plays a role everyday the political party/opposition the government the judiciary. Broad types of government internal (within government: administrative (process, effort, performance, efficiency, effectiveness, judicial (judicial review or quasi-judicial tribunals, cois, political (inherently partisan, publically motivated and designed) external (outside government) 1970s institutionalized (central agencies, units in government departments and agencies,