Public PolicyPublic PolicySetting the Agenda for for policies that

affect usSetting the Agenda for for policies that

affect us

What is Policymaking?

What is Policymaking?

Public policy: a general plan of action adopted by government to solve a social problem, counter a threat, or pursue an objective

Choosing not to do anything is also a decision: maintaining the status quo

All public policies are the means by which government pursues certain goals within specific situations

Many of the issues we talked about last week are problems that we are facing!

Types of PoliciesTypes of PoliciesDistributive policies: government policies designed

to confer a benefit on a particular institution or group

Redistributional policies: policies that take government resources, such as tax funds, from one sector of society and transfer them to another

Regulation: government intervention in the workings of a business market to promote some socially desired goal

Public Policy ToolsIncentives: induce people to change their behavior

for a favorable outcome

Disincentives: discourage particular behavior

Direct provision of services or programs

Setting rules: what various businesses or individuals may do in the marketplace

I’m the DDOJSIOC! “Deputy Director of Operations for Joint Systems Interdepartmental Operational Command”

I’m the DDOJSIOC! “Deputy Director of Operations for Joint Systems Interdepartmental Operational Command”

The Pursuit of Coordination

Mechanisms of coordination

1)Inter-agency task forces

2)Reorganization

3)Office of Management and Budget

Fragmentation may be solved when an industry asks national government to develop single regulatory policy

Sept 11th brought out the large issues with this system, so how should we fix it? Think about all the issues that we discussed last week and jurisdiction!

The Pursuit of Coordination

Mechanisms of coordination

1)Inter-agency task forces

2)Reorganization

3)Office of Management and Budget

Fragmentation may be solved when an industry asks national government to develop single regulatory policy

Sept 11th brought out the large issues with this system, so how should we fix it? Think about all the issues that we discussed last week and jurisdiction!

The policymaking process!

The policymaking process!

A Policymaking Model

Agenda setting: the stage in which problems get defined as political issues

Policy formulation: the stage in which formal policy proposals are developed and adopted

Implementation: the process of putting specific policies into operation

Policy evaluation: analysis of a public policy so as to determine how well it is working

A Policymaking Model

Agenda setting: the stage in which problems get defined as political issues

Policy formulation: the stage in which formal policy proposals are developed and adopted

Implementation: the process of putting specific policies into operation

Policy evaluation: analysis of a public policy so as to determine how well it is working

Frag this!Frag this!Multiplicity and Fragmentation

Fragmentation: in policymaking, the phenomenon of attacking a single problem in different and sometimes competing ways

Fragmentation is fundamental to the nature of policymaking in the U.S.