This unit examines the way that public policy is made and implemented in modern societies like Australia. How do problems come to the attention of government? How are they addressed? Who influences policy making? What are their interests and strategies? How is policy made? How is it evaluated? These are some of the broad questions that are addressed in the unit. <br/><br/>The unit adopts the framework of the policy cycle in order to make sense of the wealth of material published on public policy. It covers the critical stages of policy making, from problem definition and agenda setting to options analysis, decision making, implementation and evaluation. Theoretical explanations are... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Jeannette Taylor
Prerequisites: any Level 1 Political Science and International Relations unit