PAP 2300 Lecture Notes - Public Administration, Public Good, Leviathan

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 2300
• Professor: Frank Ohemeng

Document Summary

Russell: political: can"t exist outside political context (context that makes it public and different from private or business, legal. Phase in the public policymaking cycle (pollicymaking never ends and. Both direct (when government employees provide services to the public, ex. mail) and indirect (when government pays private companies to deliver services, ex. License) changes everyday) not do) (universal label in which political actors implement the policies and programs they advocaete) Implementing the public interest (what government decideds to do and. Doing collectively that which cannot be so well done individually. About what state does, execution and implementation of the law. Law in action: created and bound by instrument of law enforced to benefit society program to exist. Regulation: government tells what you can or can"t do, pa makes sure. Programs enable legislation, the law that legally enables a. Programs established by law set parameters for how things work.