POLS 3250 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 POLS 3250
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Courts don"t technically make decisions, they do prevent certain policies. Implementers: responsible for actually activating programs: context of program, paperwork of program. How are policy decisions made: rationally (scientific analysis, through mixed scanning (initial scan for alternatives and conducing a scientific analysis, using different styles (depending on situation and policy area we make difference decisions. Ex. tax credits: we never make major adjusts to tax credits we make incremental (slow) changes: sometimes the easiest decision is a non-decision ex. Canada"s lack of inquiry about looking for missing aboriginal women. Factors involved in making policy decisions: 6 principles of good public policy: balance of public interest, accountability, impact, cost-effectiveness, justice, Policy decisions must account for: contest, the nature of informational, temporal, and institutional constraints and opportunities: things that might encourage or prevent us from making certain decisions (ex. Informational: lack of information that meaningfully tells you what you will do about an issue.