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Social Construction & Policy Design (videocast slides)

DPC
August 19, 2020

Social Construction & Policy Design (videocast slides)

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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August 19, 2020
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  1. 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
  2. Social construction Shared understandings about the world that make up

    concepts, identities, norms, and stereotypes
  3. Social construction Shared understandings about the world that make up

    concepts, identities, norms, and stereotypes
  4. Social construction of target populations small business owners the unemployed

    LGBTQ community immigrants political officials “minority” populations
  5. Positive Negative Less More ADVANTAGED CONTENDERS DEPENDENTS DEVIANTS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION

    POLITICAL POWER small business owners the unemployed political officials “minority” populations
  6. Positive Negative Less More ADVANTAGED + benefits - burdens CONTENDERS

    + benefits + symbolic burdens DEPENDENTS DEVIANTS - benefits + burdens SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION POLITICAL POWER + symbolic benefits + burdens
  7. How do different target groups’ social constructions help explain the

    benefits and burdens they receive through public policies? How does a group’s social construction change over time, and does this explain changes in the policies that pertain to it? How do the benefits and burdens established by policy designs reinforce and/or help change social constructions?