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Slides from PADMN 6320/POLS 5320 Public Policy Theory and Administration at the University of Utah's Programs of Public Affairs

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1. Course in Review SLIDES
2. PROBLEM RECOGNITION PROBLEM DEFINITION IDENTIFICATION OF POLICY OPTIONS POLICY SELECTION/ ADOPTION IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION THE POLICY CYCLE
3. THE POLICY CYCLE
5. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
6. EXECUTIVE BRANCH
7. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS
8. social problems are complex
9. Knowing things about the world is hard
10. human cognition is imperfect limited information capacity selective attention confirmation bias
11. X Y dependent variable policy change policy design/content X X X X X
12. Y dependent variable policy change policy design/content X X X
13. THE NATIONAL INTERACTION MODEL time “leaders” PATTERNS OF POLICY DIFFUSION
14. THE NATIONAL INTERACTION MODEL time # adopting jurisdictions PATTERNS OF POLICY DIFFUSION
15. POLICY DIFFUSION THEORY INTERNAL DETERMINANTS Characteristics of the government jurisdiction that drive policy change a) Political characteristics b) Economic characteristics c) Social characteristics EXPLANATIONS FOR POLICY DIFFUSION Reasons for emulating prior policy adoptions of other government jurisdictions 1) Learning 2) Imitation 3) Normative pressure 4) Competition 5) Coercion
16. MULTIPLE STREAMS ANALYSIS Problem Stream Political Stream Policy Stream Policy Window Changes in problem or policy streams circumstances
19. Problem Stream Policy Stream Policy Window Changes in problem or policy streams circumstances Policy Entrepreneur Advocate willing to invest the resources – time, energy, reputation, money – to promote a position in return for anticipated future gain Political Stream MULTIPLE STREAMS ANALYSIS
24. Problem Stream Worked out policy option Policy Stream Problem Stream Political Stream Policy Change Policy Stream Political Stream MULTIPLE STREAMS ANALYSIS
25. Policy design The elements that constitute a public policy, such as the citizens and groups it pertains to, the activities required (or prohibited) by its rules and provisions, and the plan of action by which it is intended to realize its objectives
26. Social construction of target populations small business owners the unemployed LGBTQ community immigrants political officials “minority” populations
27. Social construction Benefits Burdens Policy design Policy feedback/ feed-forward effects
28. Positive Negative Less More ADVANTAGED CONTENDERS DEPENDENTS DEVIANTS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION POLITICAL POWER small business owners the unemployed political officials “minority” populations
29. POLICY SUBSYSTEM Coordination Advocacy Coalition Advocacy Coalition Analysis Evidence Framing Narratives
30. CHARACTERS POLICY NARRATIVE SETTING MORAL PLOT Policy preferences Beliefs Cognition Emotions Relationships NARRATIVE STRATEGY
31. SOCIAL MOVEMENT EVOLUTION EMERGENCE COALESCENCE COUNTER MOVEMENT
32. SOCIAL MOVEMENT EVOLUTION EMERGENCE COALESCENCE BUREAUCRATIZATION MAINSTREAMING SOCIAL CHANGES COOPTATION REPRESSION
33. Agency budget $ $$$ Time Lots of incremental change Some dramatic changes
34. POLICY CHANGES no change big changes big changes Lots of instances of small, or no, change Few instances of moderate change Some dramatic changes
35. NEGATIVE FEEDBACK Closed subsystems/iron triangles Limited individual & institutional attention Accepted policy images POSITIVE FEEDBACK Attractive alternative image Attention from multiple venues Mobilization of “outsiders” PUNCTUATION
36. POLICY TIME 1 POLICY TIME 2 Meaning of citizenship Forms of governance Power of social groups Political agendas & policy problems Feedback effects
37. Identify the factors that help explain why policy change occurs (or doesn’t) and/or the nature of the policy change. Determine how those factors contribute to the policy change (or lack thereof). Understand how those factors can be leveraged in practice to advocate for desirable policy changes.
38. PUBLIC POLICY THEORY & APPLICATION P A D M N 6 3 2 0