HLTC02H3 Chapter 3: Chapter 3 HLTC03.docx
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Health policy is a subset of public policy: remember public policy is a course of action (or inaction) chosen by govt to address what has come to be identified as public issues. A theory is a framework for understanding how a set of facts or phenomena come to be: consists of a set of principles or statements as ecplanation. Public policy theory therefore explains how public policies come about: rationale e. t. c, how they view society functioning informs policy suggestions. Defining the characteristics of different types of theories. Theories of public policy are either consensus or conflict models, and may be: macro-view theories: consider broad issues of the general shape of political systems and how power is exercised in these political systems. Seeks to understand the economic, political, and social forces that influence and reflect the predominant values in a society.
