Policy Analysis &
Implementation
Foundation of Policy Analysis
, What is Public Policy
all about?
1. J.E.Anderson, 1975:
Public policy is a purposive course of action
followed by government in dealing with some
topic or matter of public concern
2. D.Easton, 1953:
Public policy is the authoritative allocation of
values for the whole society
3. T.R.Dye, 1978:
Public policy is whatever governments choose to
do or not to do
4. C.L.Chochran & E.F.Malone, 1995 :
Public policy consists of political decisions for
implementing programs to achieve societal goals
,5. William Jenkins’ ( 1978 )
Public policy can be defined “as a set of
interrelated decisions taken by a political
actor or group of actors concerning the
selection of goals and the means of achieving
them within a specified situation where those
decisions should, in principle, be within the
power of those actors to achieve”
, Why Public
Policy?
It’s like asking the rationales for
Government Intervention…
Implementation
Foundation of Policy Analysis
, What is Public Policy
all about?
1. J.E.Anderson, 1975:
Public policy is a purposive course of action
followed by government in dealing with some
topic or matter of public concern
2. D.Easton, 1953:
Public policy is the authoritative allocation of
values for the whole society
3. T.R.Dye, 1978:
Public policy is whatever governments choose to
do or not to do
4. C.L.Chochran & E.F.Malone, 1995 :
Public policy consists of political decisions for
implementing programs to achieve societal goals
,5. William Jenkins’ ( 1978 )
Public policy can be defined “as a set of
interrelated decisions taken by a political
actor or group of actors concerning the
selection of goals and the means of achieving
them within a specified situation where those
decisions should, in principle, be within the
power of those actors to achieve”
, Why Public
Policy?
It’s like asking the rationales for
Government Intervention…
