PA and a Public Policy Making Context

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Lecture 5

• PA and a Public Policy Making Context

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Different Types of Public PoliciesBy Theodore
Lowi

• Distributive policies
• Agriculture policy
• Redistributive policies
• Affirmative action
• Regulatory policies
• Food handler permit/license
• Self-regulatory policies
• American Bar Association
• American Medical Assoation

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Theories of Public Policy Making

• Pluralist Theory
• Factional politics
• Competing interest groups
• Fragmented power structure
• Influence policymakers
• Narrow interests versus public interest
• Bureaucratic capture theory
• Interest group pluralism

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Elite Theory

• Two classes in our society
• The few and the many
• Elite domination in a policymaking process
• Elite structure consensual, closed, unresponsive
• Power, connection, and wealth
• ruled by a political, military, and business
  elites

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Iron Triangle Model

• Informal coalition between legislative committee,
  public agencies, and powerful interest groups
• Cozy triangle
• Mutually supportive relations
• Dominate the making of certain public policies
• Exclude others from participation

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The Political System Model

• A set of institutions that formulate public
  policies
• Consists of interdependent parts
• Interact with external and internal environments
• Dynamic process
• Organic mode
• Input, output, process, and feedback elelemts

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The Stage Approach

• Succession of states
• Problem recognition
• Agenda setting
• Policy formulation
• Policy adoption
• Policy implementation
• Policy evaluation