PAP 3350 Final: PAP3 Exam Notes

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 3350
• Professor: Robert Johnson

Document Summary

In the policy cycle, policy formulation represents the stage of getting prepared to address issues that are on the agenda. Identifying alternative courses of action for mobilizing the authorities and resources of the state. In howlett, ramesh and perl"s model, the key actors are the policy sub-system, encompassing: discourse communities (knowledgeable commentators and stakeholders), and, policy networks (authoritative decision-makers, linking state, societal and international system actors. In practice, a central role is played by policy analysts and researchers: links to evaluation stage of the policy cycle. Phases of policy formulation: policy formulation is inherently messy, with no fixed groundrules or timeframe, sensitive to institutional context, actors, history. Individual policy proposals or proposed packages usually incorporate analysis of related considerations, including: existing policy and legal/constitutional considerations, costs, financing and other resources considerations. Implementation considerations, evaluation criteria: parliamentary, interjurisdictional, stakeholder and public communications.