PAP 2300 Lecture Notes - David Easton, Advantageous, Incrementalism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 2300
• Professor: Frank Ohemeng

Document Summary

Thomas dye: whatever government choose to do or not do. Les pal: a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address a given problem of interrelated set of problems. Andersen: purposive course of action followed by an actor or a set of actors in dealing with a problem or a matter of concern. Aucoin: must be considered to encompass the actual activities undertaken by a government, whether or not a government"s objectives and strategies are explicit or congruent with its activities. Gregory marchildon: systematic laying out of the objectives of a government as well as the practical measures that are proposed to achieve those objectives. Policy being a case of action or inaction. And specific courses of action (ex. a course of action: policy to eliminate driving and texting that"s killing kids and costing government money) Regulatory: designed to limit the actions/behaviours of persons/groups so as to protect the general public.