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Public policy analysis
agenda setting and formulation
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
02/03/2011

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agenda
Definition
a collection of issues that capture attention both of the public and government officials.
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agenda setting
Definition
process by which public and government capture attention
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what can be on agenda ?
Definition
anything.
i.e. unemployment, education, poverty, etc.
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agenda universe
Definition
all the issues that could possibly be brought up and discussed
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systemic agenda
Definition
all the potential issues
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institutional agenda
Definition
issues that are seriously considered by specific institution
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decision agenda
Definition
issues that are about to be acted on
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agenda capacity
what it depends on?
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what is on agenda depends on the capacity.Depends on money, expertise, other issues
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who sets the agenda?
Definition
everyone from public to government
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agenda in terms on power
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1)coercive
2) blocking
3) no power
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how does agenda change?
Definition
change in : conditions
power balance
public opinion
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convergence of the streams
Definition
condition vs. politics (voting)
problem (change in perception)
policy(alternative solutions)
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expanding the agenda
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1)go public
2)advocacy coalition
3)appeals to the higher institution
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problem situation
Definition
worries and signs of stress (natural)
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policy problem
Definition
abstract definition of a problem situation
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Issues
Definition
major (agency missions)
secondary (agency program- us coming up with solution)
functional (budgetting, finance ,etc.)
minor ( standard operating procedures- personnel)
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problem dissolving
Definition
wrong problem structuring
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problem resolving
Definition
wrong problem solution
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problem unsolving
Definition
wrong problem structuring and solution ( type III error)
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interdependence
Definition
problems are interconnected with each other
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subjectivity
Definition
our perception of the problem
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artificiality
Definition
issues don't exist outside us
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dynamics
Definition
we have many solutions to the problems, they are dynamic
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messes
Definition
systems of the problems are interrelated- hollistic approach
1)what i define as a problem might be different from what you define as a problem
3( if you are a slave, it's your problem
4 we are constantly redefining and coming up with new solutions
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well-structured problems
Definition
clean and easy to address, because the parameters are defined and ready to be solved. Unanimous voting
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moderately structured problems
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smth between clean and vague, we do know some alternatives, running the risk and addressing problem at the same time . CONSENSUS
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ill structured problems
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smth very ambitious and vague,we don't know the outcome and taking big risks and costs,CONFLICT.
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problem structure
Definition
problme sensing- problem search- problem definition- problem specification
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policy models
Definition
simplified representations of the problem's situation
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descriptive model
Definition
describes issue and may predict an events
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normative models
Definition
prescribe some thing, tells the best option for an issue
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mode of expressing models
Definition
verbal, symbolic, procedured
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type 1 error
Definition
pregnant, in fact not -sensitivity
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type 2 error
Definition
not pregnant, in fact pregnant-reliability
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type 3 error
Definition
solving the worng problem,out of touch
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