POL 206 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
Document Summary
Typically take the form of long, complex documents. Oral tradition paved the way for talk show commentators. Decisions are the products of structured evaluations. Major changes can be made on a regular basis. Decisions should be removed from political pressures. The policymaking process consists of a complex, multi-stage set of five actions: Implementation---> hand over the decision to people who can make sense of it. Down"s cycle explains the stages of how a public policy appears and disappears on the. Decisions are the products of negotiated settlements. Political considerations are important in determining outcomes. Bargaining and power crowd out rational processes. The process of putting a government program/policy into place. Translating program language into politically acceptable and realistic directives. The u. s. is a pluralistic society as follows: group to another over time. Government itself is divided into 3 branches. American society is made up of competitive groups and power shifts from one. Government becomes a holding company for special interests.