[EMPR 240] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 26 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Employment Relations
• Course: EMPR 240
• Professor: Weinberg

Document Summary

Empr 240 labour policy, january 11, 2017. Many definitions for public policy: anything a government chooses to do or not to do. (dye, 1972) Government is the agent of public policy. Public policy involves a choice this can be to do something or nothing. The decision not to raise taxes is as much a policy decision as to raise them. Must have been considered by the government to become a policy. Public policy is a process in this definition, and involves many decisions. There are often constraints that limit policy options. Raids and inspections use a lot of resources, so there are constraints, so there is only a complaint based model. Involves foals and means to achieve them: a purposive course of action followed by an actor or set of actors in dealing with a problem or a matter of concern. (anderson 1984) Recognition that policy is meant to address a problem.