POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Bicameralism, Canadian Firearms Registry, Royal Assent

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1150
• Professor: c

Document Summary

The policy cycle: what are the elements , or steps, of policy making? agenda formation. Formal agenda; which means platform>mandate>formal agenda factors that affect the formal agenda. Influential interest group (stakeholder or activist) - madd an example of this. There can also be people who use the courts to bring things on the public consciousness. 2 external factors - 9/11 changed a lot of policies. Formulation: must develop coherent strategy that eventually becomes government programme - very broad term for a number of things that could come out of the policy political scientists have developed theories of decision making. Different methods used at different points in the progress instrument choice; when you figure out what you want to do, how are you going to move forward with it. Exhortation; ex. for seatbelt legislation it was eased into the law, not immediate. Taxation; satisfy policy needs - child tax benefit - conservative party"s idea of how to help families.