SOAN 3120 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mass Media, Canadian Economics Association, Policy Network
20 Sep 2016
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4 significant contextual factors: economy, environmental impact (environmentalism, culture. There"s more interest in public participation for policy. International trade is an idea of globalization which influences the kind of laws and policies which influences the global context that we are in. History: past relations tried for a particular policy, policy regimes (narrow the kind of options available to policy makers) Non-government institution + political systems (domestic +/or international: political systems: some policy areas are governed at the federal level, provincial level and municipal level. States and nations can also falls into the category of political systems. At the international level, the un is an example of a supra-national organization that has implications for canadian public policy. Issue area = youth employment: is not governed by policy. Policy subsystems = meta-institutions +history + players affecting the issue area: the youth employment is a policy subsystem where groups speak of youth unemployment but there are no policies helping it, crosses jurisdictional boundaries.
