POSC240 Lecture 5: POSC220 Policy Formulation
16 Feb 2017
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Official policy makers: the legislative branch, the executive branch, the judicial branch. Unofficial participants: political parties, interest group, mass media. Supposed to give us an insight on that is happening in the world. Referendum is when the official policy makers (usually legislative) decide to instead of making the decision, going to put the choice on the ballot. Routine formulation: come up with a solution by the way we solve most problems. Nothing new or out of the ordinary: assu(cid:373)i(cid:374)g it"s a(cid:374) old p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373)/issue (cid:894)i. e. (cid:396)epeati(cid:374)g?(cid:895). Analogous formulation: deals with a new issue. Creative formulation: think outside of the box. Regulate: government can try to put limitations on something. Subsidize: put some money or resources to help some agency or entity out which might solve the problem. Contract out: give this problem to someone else. Privatize: ha(cid:448)e go(cid:448)"t lea(cid:448)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)pletely a(cid:374)d ha(cid:448)e p(cid:396)i(cid:448)ate se(cid:272)to(cid:396) take o(cid:448)e(cid:396) issue completely. Charge fees: i. e. parks charge a few dollars for admission.
