POLS 3250 Lecture 6: POLS 3250 – Lecture 6 sept 27
3 Oct 2016
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Pols 3250 lecture #6 sept. 27th. Agenda setting (policy research) policy formulation decision- making implementation evaluation. Trade and shipping routes, including security and emergency response. The rise of mega-cities" and the dominance of asian economies. Rising energy costs and infastructure"s contribution to urban efficiency. The challenge: including, and fostering productivity among, young people. Major changes helping to define the challenge: Recognition (and persistence) of systemic barriers for racialized youth. Shift to a more knowledge-based economy and related educational requirements. Shift from deficit-based understandings of youth to positive youth development models. Problems are experienced as non-acceptable discrepancies b/w real situations and desired future situations (hoppe, 2010) Policy challenges can be more or less structured, and framed using a range of tools and questions. When thinking about the multiple streams approach, these are the components of the problem stream" (kingdom, 1984) agenda setting. Problems (challenges) make their way onto the agenda: B/c of how they are portrayed (i. e as technical vs. social)
