POG 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Redistribution Of Income And Wealth

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 110
• Professor: Adam Thorn

Document Summary

Public policy-what government does or does not do, purposefully, or what is compels or encourages others in society to do, or not to do. General factors-parameters within which canadian policy-makers work. International political-economic structures-nato, other alliances that develop the (cid:862)(cid:396)espo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ility to p(cid:396)ote(cid:272)t(cid:863), justified ai(cid:396) (cid:449)a(cid:396)s is libya, iraq, syria: global environment-concerns about climate change, global socioeconomic patterns-citizens judge our domestic policy against other nations with similar levels of development. Ideologies-privilege certain policy options but not others based on party in power: political culture, power distribution, national socioeconomic patterns-aging population, population concentrated in central canada, diversity in immigration sources. Policy paradigms-generally accepted norms for how the policymaking process takes place and what relevant questions and evidence are acceptable. Public choice: basic assumption is that all actors in the public sphere are driven by self-interest and public policy reflects this, actors attempt to hide this fact.