The Big Picture: Policy Design Analysis
Developing a policy is something that takes concession, adjustments and renovation throughout the process. Policy makers must keep this in mind when trying to address a need in society and how they can address such need through regulatory policy making. Policy makers must keep in mind what additional problems may come into play when designing this policy, what is too strict of a punishment for not abiding by this policy and who will the policy directly affect and how to address their problems individually. As a policy maker they must address the issue looking at the big picture then narrow down the small issues that must be resolved throughout. This is not a onetime shot kind of things policy must be constantly renovated to create the most operative policy that can be made. Which is why policy design is such a pressing topic in the policy makers today.
In regulative policy, it lays out the provisions for the regulators or policy makers and the regulated or constituency. This discourse explains the rules, obligations, problems and solutions that both actors are responsible to enforce and enact. First, the policy makers must decide what should be regulated in the policy and what should not. Throughout this process there can also be provisions made to better the policy along the way. During this process they must discuss the outcome of what this policy will bring. In addition, address issues and find solutions to the problems that may occur. Furthermore, the policy maker must decide on how strict the guidelines must be followed by the entity. Lastly, they encounter the question of how detailed the policy should be for what it is trying to enforce? The ultimate goal is to alter a behavior in...
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...des us with and analytical processes before the policy is assembled. Most importantly design policy keeps in mind the social construction of reality, this means keeping in mind rules, cultures, norms, businesses and identities of its constituency. It looks at the population that will be affected and into how it will social change the norms and reality they experience everyday to create a successful policy.
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Public policies are developed in response to the existence of a perceived problem or an opportunity. The analysis delves into a public issue or problem and assesses a set of proposed government action for addressing the issue. The job of the analyst is to describe the background and status of an issue and then, using research and analysis, determine a proper government action to resolve the issue. By comparing options and weighing their expected benefits, the analyst should conclude with a recommended course of action or inaction to addressing the issue.
This book also elaborates on the study of rulemaking by giving examples through cases, studies, loads of government documentation and interviews with policy makers. Following the information and chapters is really easy. The book is illustrated with clear tables, charts, and figures. Each chapter is clearly defined and tables/figures are clearly marked after the table of contents.
Instead, Sanford J. Ungar presents the arguments that all higher education is expensive and needs to be reevaluated for Americans. He attempts to divert the argument of a liberal arts education tuition by stating “ The cost of American higher education is spiraling out id control, and liberal-arts colleges are becoming irrelevant because they are unable to register gains i productivity or to find innovative ways of doing things” (Ungar 661). The author completely ignores the aspects of paying for a liberal arts degree or even the cost comparison to a public university. Rather, Ungar leads the reader down a “slippery slope” of how public universities attain more funding and grants from the government, while liberal arts colleges are seemingly left behind. The author increasingly becomes tangent to the initial arguments he presented by explaining that students have a more interactive and personal relationship with their professors and other students. Sanford J. Ungar did not address one aspect of the cost to attend a liberal arts college or how it could be affordable for students who are not in the upper class.
Allan and Davis mention the spike of college cost since 1995 has increased by 150 percent; student debt has increased 300 percent since 2003, and with education, second to the mortgage industry in the nation’s debt, America needs to redirect their attention to the future and focus on education (Allan n. pg). Budget cuts from national to state
...such policies are conceptualized in an effort to protect the criminal justice process from overzealous use of authority. It would seem that policies and laws regulate more than criminal behaviors.
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... through the years after the Great Depression the Unites States staked a claim in the educational advancement of its citizenship in order to build a strong economy. However, unlike years past, public ownership and support of higher education has decreased in the face of growing inflation and the nations changing economy.
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