Public Policymaking Flashcards
3 categories of public policy
Govt Action
Kinds of benefits
Impact to society
Types of govt action
Procedural
Substantive
Kinds of benefits:
Material
Symbolic
Impacts to society:
Distributive
Re-distributive
Regulatory
Self regulatory
Constitution is the?
Architecture of public policymaking
Written declaration of individual rights
Chartered rights
Levels of publicpolicy making
National level
Local level
2 types of p.policymakers in the phil
Official and unofficial
4 official policymakers
Legislators
Executives
Administrators
Courts
Central task is lawmaking and policy formation
Legislators
More on policy initiation than administration. Has power over foreign policies
Executives
Major source of proposals for legislation. Can make or break policies
Administratives
Affect nature and content of public policy. Determine constitutionality of p. Policy
Courts
Unofficial policymakers: PICRI
Research orgs Communications media Interest groups Political parties Individual citizens
Think tanks or policy centers
Research orgs