Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Living Wage, Unemployment Benefits, New Public Management
30 Nov 2016
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The authoritative allocation of values for a society. The process of deciding who gets what, when, where and how. What government(s) choose to do or not to do about a speci c problem. What government(s) do to shape our interactions with the state and other members of society. Public policy often get formulated as laws. Reactive policy (ex. hurricane, act of terrorism, increase in drunk driving: governments reacting to something that"s already happened. Proactive policy: the government takes it upon themselves to anticipate change. Partisan policy: the desire to implement change. Universal policy: when the government tries to act in an altruistic way to improve the community. Cooperative policy: when a government works with other parties/interest groups to improve policies and programs. Aggressive policy: when the government acts explicitly against the other parties and groups in society. Jurisdictional policy: policy motivated by jurisdictional interests, can be infringing or protective.
