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Nature of Public policy
- 1. Presented by: JERALD M.LADRINGAN MPA 2020-2021 THE OF NATURE PUBLIC POLICY DR. LIBERTY R. MENDAÑA Subject Professor, PPPA Public Policy and Program Implementation
- 2. • public policies are governmental decisions, and are actually the result of activities which the government undertakes in pursuance of certain goals and objectives. The Nature Of Public Policy
- 3. 1) Public Policies are goal oriented. • Public policies are formulated and implemented • to attain the objectives which the government has in view for the betterment of the public 2) Public policy is the outcome of the government's collective actions. • pattern or course of activity or' the governmental officials and actors in a collective sense than being termed as their discrete and segregated decisions 3) Public policy is what the government actually decides or chooses to do. • the relationship of the government units to the specific field of political environment in a given administrative system. • variety of forms like law, ordinances, court decisions, executive orders, decisions etc. 4) Public policy may be positive or negative. • POSITIVELY IF depicts the concern of the government and involves its action to a particular problem on which the policy is made. • Negatively, involves decisions by the governmental officials regarding not taking any action on a particular issue The Nature Of Public Policy
- 4. Nature and Scope of Public policy 1. The authoritative allocation of values for a society 2. The process of deciding who gets what, when, where and how 3. What the government chooses to do or not to do about a specific problem 4. Establish the boundaries of our freedom and color the contours of our interactions with other people in our political, social and economic systems.
- 5. CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLIC POLICY 1. It is purposive and goal oriented 2• Public policies are made up by public authorities 3 • Public policy consists of set of pattern of action taken over time 4• Public policy is a product of demand 5 • Government directed course of actions 6 • It can be positive or negative
- 6. The importance of public policy It avails learners to understand what public policies are, How they are made, The politics involved in formulating them, The theoretical models for analyzing policies The impact they have on the citizens
- 7. The importance of public policy (ctd) • it helps to know the intentions of the government for a particular sector, depart. • the public can measure the achievements made by the government • Helps to respond to the needs of the society • For scientific understanding of the course and effect relationship
- 8. Some public policy areas • Educati on policy • Social welfare policy • Health care policy • Criminal justice policy • Social policy
- 9. Policy • a plan of action for tackling political issues. • often initiated by a political party in government, • reforms and changes by interested actors (opposition parties and lobby groups Political system (Gabriel Almond) • a set of interactions having structures, • each of which performs its functions in order to keep it like an on-going concern, • it is a set of processes that routinely converts inputs into outputs Policy making process • is a part of politics and political action. Relationship Between Politics And Public Policies