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| The theories of public policy process |
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REGIS Rational choice theory Elite theory Group theory Institutionalism Systems theory |
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| Official and unofficial actors |
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Official: LEJ Unofficial: CIPTMN Citizens Interest groups Political parties Think Tanks Media Networks/subgovs. |
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| Elements of policy design |
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GCP Goals Causal theory Policy Tools/instruments |
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MRPL Monetary provision/extraction Restrictions/sanctions/penalties Provision of goods/services/info Legal protection |
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| Two ways to study policy implementation |
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| Reasons and explanations for failure |
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PICTBRRACH Political institution Implementation Causal theory Tools Boundaries Relizeable expectations Relationship w/ other policies Alternatives Changing environment High expectations |
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| Types of policy evaluation |
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CPS Casual eval Procedural eval Systematic eval |
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| When doing a policy evaluation, what impacts must be considered |
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DAMIT Direct/indirect costs Affect the problem and target population May or may not work quickly Influence on third parties Tangible or no |
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| Problems encountered in policy evaluation |
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DIRTDUC Diffuse impacts Influence (lack of) Resistance Time frame Data collection probs Uncertainty of goals Causality |
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| What sorts of categorizatinos do we use? |
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MRSPDRSP Material policy Regulatory Substantive Procedural Distributive Redistributive Symbolic Public vs. Private Goods |
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| Categories of policy agenda |
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ASID Agenda Universe Systemic Institutional Decision |
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| Different forms of policy legitimacy |
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Courtroom/judicial Legislative legit Administrative Popular decision-making |
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| Taking advantage of window of opportunity |
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Venue shopping Event Trend Social contruction |
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TOWS Third Party Opportunity Costs Welfare criteria (pareto and kaldor-hicks) Surplus |
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| Difficulties Cost Benefit |
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MENDB Monetary assignment Excessively utilitarian Nonsense on stilts Decisions--made only from cost-ben. Benefits--who does |
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