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Introduction to Public Policy & Governance (CC1)

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Time: 12:15 pm to 2:15 pm

Public policies are formulated by legal authorities in a political system, namely legislators, executives, judges and administrators, though non governmental actors and agencies may also exert direct or indirect influence in the policy making process. Public policy is a proposed course of action of a government to realize a specific objective or goal within a given state, society and political environment with chosen tools or techniques of governance. Public policy is based on law, is authoritative, and is binding on all citizens. This is the main point of difference between public policy and policies of private organizations.

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Course Code: CC1

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Public policies are formulated by legal authorities in a political system, namely legislators, executives, judges and administrators, though non governmental factors and agencies may also exert direct or indirect influence in the policy making process. Public policy is a proposed course of action of a government to realize a specific objective or goal within a given state, society and political environment with chosen tools or techniques of governance. Public policy is based on law, is authoritative, and is binding on all citizens. This is the main point of difference between public policy and policies of private organizations. A study of the policy formulation process may help to gain greater knowledge and understanding of the complexities of the interacting social, economic and political processes and their implications for governance. For example, how do the distribution of power among different stakeholders, the beneficiaries and governance agencies affect the policy outcome? How do governance choices affect poverty, urbanization, employment and social welfare? Many political scientists believe that the study of public policy should be directed towards ensuring that governments adopt appropriate policies to attain desirable social goals. They reject the notion that policy analysts should strive to be value free, notwithstanding the fact that substantial disagreement may exist in society over what constitutes “desirable” or “appropriate” goals of policy.

Course Objectives:

  • To understand the concepts of Public Policy and their relationship with laws and governance.
  • To understand the various models of Public Policy.
  • To understand the principles of governance and bureaucratic re-engineering.

To understand policy and governance reforms.

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