Policy Analysis &
Implementation
Instruments of Government Policy
, Chapter Outline
• The role of legislatures
• Public policy instruments
, Legislatures
• A legislature is a deliberative assembly with
the authority to make laws for a political entity such as
a country or city. Legislatures form important parts of
most governments; in the separation of powers model,
they are often contrasted with the executive and judicial
branches of government.
• Legislatures are found in nearly all societies, albeit in
different forms. They serve to provide even nominally
representative institutions legitimacy in lawmaking by
discussing and passing public policies.
, Types of legislatures
Unicameral v/s Bicameral
A modern legislature is either Bicameral or Unicameral.
Bicameralism means a legislature with two
houses/chambers while uni-cameralism means a legislature
with a single house/chamber. A large number of modern
legislatures, particularly of big states, are bicameral, where
the first house is usually called the lower house, and the
second house is called the upper house.
Implementation
Instruments of Government Policy
, Chapter Outline
• The role of legislatures
• Public policy instruments
, Legislatures
• A legislature is a deliberative assembly with
the authority to make laws for a political entity such as
a country or city. Legislatures form important parts of
most governments; in the separation of powers model,
they are often contrasted with the executive and judicial
branches of government.
• Legislatures are found in nearly all societies, albeit in
different forms. They serve to provide even nominally
representative institutions legitimacy in lawmaking by
discussing and passing public policies.
, Types of legislatures
Unicameral v/s Bicameral
A modern legislature is either Bicameral or Unicameral.
Bicameralism means a legislature with two
houses/chambers while uni-cameralism means a legislature
with a single house/chamber. A large number of modern
legislatures, particularly of big states, are bicameral, where
the first house is usually called the lower house, and the
second house is called the upper house.
