POLS 3670 Lecture Notes - Barter, Participatory Democracy, Crystallization
23 Feb 2014
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Public policy refers to what governments do or do not do. Policy is essentially the decisions that governments make. The action or inaction of a government to solve a problem or an interrelated set of problems. The study of pp is generally divided into two main approaches: It can be at various levels of government. Suggests that politicians approach policy in a systematic way. Scc: only deals with whatever makes it to the docket. Aren"t always explanations for why certain things happen, ex. why some policies don"t pass. Influenced by behaviouralism: 1950s-60s the idea that you can actually predict behaviour, politics could be scientific. 40 years later we know this is not true. Identified with the right-end of the political spectrum. We"re all rational agents more for less. Being human means wanting more for less. Non-state actors vote for parties that will give more for less.
