PUBPOL 201 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - Copyright
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Copyright bernard: rules of society, a binding contract between government and citizens. Not binding, because we didn"t agree to anything. Yes, because we elected our representatives: protects the people. The constitution establishes how the government operates and protects the people from the government: governs behavior. What is public policy: public policy may or may not be enmeshed with the law. Public policy creates law and law expresses public policy: institutions and systems that help society function. Systems and processes, rather than edicts of what you can and cannot do and how you can do it: suggestions to help improve people"s lives in government and institutions, collective. Usually concerned with many people in various circumstances. Law can be very narrow minded: most public policy is at least implicitly authorized by law, although this is not necessarily very important, public policy begets law that begets public policy. Public policy is the trajectory of a country.
