POLS 3170 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Outsourcing, State Ownership, Tax Expenditure
16 Oct 2016
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3: stages of policy making + rational model vs. incremental model + underlying assumptions + strengths and weaknesses. 6 stages of policy making (ipplie: in person, people l i e) One goal/objective can be decidedly the most important. Detailed plans formed ahead of time so all costs, parameters, outcomes, variances, etc. are properly announced and recorded so no surprises. Will fix big things in big ways. Multiple problems can be rationalized to be important, but which is most important. If government cannot pick one goal, they will spread their resources too thin and nothing will work. Analysis paralysis nothing ever gets done (bureaucracy gets reinforced only) or experience to make small, measured changes in policy. Does not disrupt existing infrastructure; institutional continuity. Things change along the way, so initial proposed outcomes might not even be the outcomes that are actually reached. Cannot explain certain developments (so-called random, sudden developments) (if we only followed the incremental model, we wouldn"t get those)
