PUP-3002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Institutional Theory, Group Theory, Elite Theory
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Theories of policymaking: muliple streams, group theory, elite theory, insituional theory, raional choice theory. How do we end up with the public policies we have. Groups of individuals and or organizaions united by shared opinions or interests and organized together in an efort to inluence poliical outcomes: interests usually narrow, accountability to members, not to public. Goal: to inluence policy in a way that favors the group members. How many: 40,000 at state/federal, - billion expended with fed govt, revolving door (43%) Legislaive and execuive: iron triangles - the noion that oten imes there are policy issues for which the general public is not informed. Almost every big company has or hires corporate lobbyists. Interest groups can only help themselves at the expense of others. No: provides informaion, gets people involved in poliics, contributes to debate about issues, beneit themselves.
