public policy

Examples of public policy in the following topics:

• Catherine's Domestic Policies

• The Open Door Policy

• Catherine's Foreign Policy Goals

• Coordinating and Promoting Party Policy

  • Democratic and Republican National Committees help coordinate and promote party policies but do not organize the creation of policies.
  • The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) help to coordinate and promote party policies, although they are not the central organizations that develop these policies.
  • While the planks of platforms do not all necessarily become policies, they can lead to highly politicized debates between parties that become party policy stances.
  • The DNC and RNC promote party policy in a variety of ways through the mass media.
  • While relatively little of the party platform is adopted as public policy, the platforms often become politicized because they are more ideological than pragmatic.

• Policy Evaluation

  • Policies may be evaluated according to a number of standards.
  • Policies may also be substantively evaluated through careful, honest feedback from those affected by the policies.
  • Policy evaluation can take place at different times.
  • Policies can be difficult to assess.
  • In general, public policies become entrenched over time and are difficult to terminate even if they are evaluated by various standards.

• Policy Adoption

  • Policy adoption is the third phase of the policy process in which policies are adopted by government bodies for future implementation.
  • The media can also play a key role in policy adoption.
  • Once the relevant government bodies adopt policies, they move into the next phase of the policy process, policy implementation.
  • Bush's plan for Social Security prevented policy adoption.
  • Identify which groups can expedite or retard the adoption of policy

• Policy Implementation

  • Policy implementation is the fourth phase of the policy cycle in which adopted policies are put into effect.
  • The implementation of policy refers to actually enacting the proposed solutions.
  • The judiciary may overrule the implementation of such policies.
  • In addition to the aforementioned elements, policy implementation can further be complicated when policies are passed down to agencies without a great deal of direction.
  • The most surprising aspect of the policy process may be that policies are implemented at all.

• Policy Formulation

  • Formulation is the second stage of the policy process and involves the proposal of solutions to agenda issues.
  • The issue of traffic safety has been solved by various policies throughout time.
  • The ultimate policy that is chosen to solve the issue at hand is dependent on two factors.
  • Secondly, policies must be politically feasible.
  • Policy formulation is, therefore, comprised of analysis that identifies the most effective policies and political authorization.

• Arguments For and Against Discretionary Monetary Policy

  • This could make the policy noncredible and ultimately ineffective.
  • A rule-based policy can be more credible, because it is more transparent and easier to anticipate, unlike discretionary policy.
  • Policy is implemented based on indicator events in the economy and the policy is expected and carried out in a timely manner.
  • This can create compounding issues related to the discretionary policy enacted.
  • The policies they enact cannot be destabilized by government fiscal policy.

• How Fiscal Policy Relates to the AD-AS Model

  • Expansionary policy shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right, while contractionary policy shifts it to the left.
  • Expansionary fiscal policy is used to kick-start the economy during a recession.
  • A contractionary fiscal policy is implemented when there is demand-pull inflation.
  • Contractionary fiscal policy shifts the AD curve to the left.
  • Expansionary policy shifts the AD curve to the right, while contractionary policy shifts it to the left.