Foundations of Public Policy and Problem Definition
Builds the conceptual foundation and turns a public issue into an analysable problem with clear scope, causes and stakeholders.
Read the whole first subject without an account: its lessons, summary and review questions.
Subject lessons
- Lesson 1 What Is Public Policy? Actors, Decisions and the Policy Process
- Lesson 2 From Issue to Problem: Causes, Symptoms and Analytical Boundaries
- Lesson 3 Stakeholders and Institutions: Who Is Affected and Who Can Influence?
- Lesson 4 The Policy Cycle as an Analytical Heuristic: Sequence, Feedback and Non-linearity
- Integrated subject summary Review questions
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