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Public Policy

What is Public Policy?


Public policy is an attempt by the
government to address a public issue.
The government develops public policy in
terms of laws, regulations, decisions and
actions.
The course of government action (or
inaction) taken in response to public
problems. It is associated with formally
approved policy goals and means, as well
as the regulations and practices of
agencies that implement programs.
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Public policy making:


There are three parts to public
policy-making:
Problems: issue that needs to be
addressed
Players : individual or group that is
influential in
forming a plan to
address the problem in question
The policy: finalized course of action
decided upon by the government

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Rational model for the public policy-making


process can be divided into three parts:
agenda-setting stage: the agencies and government
officials meet to discuss the problem at hand
option-formulation: alternative solutions are
considered and final decisions are made regarding
the best policy
Implementation: the decided policy is implemented
in the final stage

Implied within this model is the fact that the


needs of the society are a priority for the
players involved in the policy-making process.
Also, it is believed that the government will
follow through on all decisions made by the
final policy.
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What is good public policy?


Government decisions and actions that
address public problems consistent with
widely shared values and ideas
How do we decide which issues are to be
considered public problems?
What are those widely shared values & ideas?
Constant over time and space?

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How do we determine what is in the


public interest & what is good public
policy?

What the community wants


Expert judgment
Most Efficient Use of Public Resources
What political & business leaders want
What the market provides

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Public

policy analysis

Public policy refers to all of the laws, regulations,


and other programs developed by governments
to solve problems. Public policy analysis focuses
on problem solving. It is specifically concerned
with some of societys most urgent issues, such
as crime, health care, and the quality of the air
we breathe. Below is an example of public
problem whose policy calls for analysis:
Should people be allowed to smoke in bars? This is just
one public policy debate taking place across the globe.
Legislators and other public officials must decide
whether the health benefits of a smoking ban
outweigh the money that bars -- and even whole cities
-- could lose if smokers take their business elsewhere.

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