PAF 340- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 37 pages long!)
Document Summary
The context of public policy: public policy, politics, participation, pragmatism, diversity, market, history. Context matters: how conservative/liberal is the nation/state/city, good policy and/or good politics, what works, incrementalism, best practices, the market, inequality, efficiency, diversity, the melting pot/salad bowl, history, american exceptionalism , city on a hill . Other powers: executive branch, bureaucracy: regulatory and administrative actions, street-level connection to public, informal veto powers, judicial, constitutionality, legislative, power of the purse. how we think of it: federal, state, local. Other institutional constraints: size and importance of government, at different levels, relative to other countries, path dependency, representation, party system, term limits, substantive v. descriptive representation. Summary: governance in the united states is complex and multi-faceted, fractured, divided, incremental, flexible, innovative, responsive to local needs. Institutions and norms matter in the policymaking process: constrain action, multiple veto points, multiple avenues for success.
