HECOL300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Royal Assent, Technological Change, Group Cohesiveness
13 Jul 2018
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Topical outline: policymaking process and the policy agenda. A problem solving framework: problem recognition, problem definition, identify alternatives, select alternative(s, implement solution, monitor results. Policy agenda: the slate of policy issues that a government is paying serious attention to (during a sitting of the house, during its tenure ) Policy decision making - formulation: once a policy problem has been identified, policymakers must do something about it. Some sources of policy problems/issues: demographic change, climate change, globalization, changing governance models, technological change, shocks (economic, social, environmental, broadening approach to well-being, economic cycles (recession, inflation, ) These lead to emerging policy problems/issues: managing diversity, sustainable growth, social cohesion, well-being/quality of life, energy security v. environmental sustainability, individual and community resilience, competitiveness (economy) Evans, r. , hertzman, c. , & morgan, s. (2009). Ottawa: institute for research on public policy. http://irpp. org/wp-content/uploads/assets/research/canadian-priorities-agenda/ improving-health-outcomes/evans-sept-2008. pdf. Answer question 1, and your choice of either question 2 or 3.
