POLITICS 222

Public Policy: Actors, Processes and Politics

Description

Government policy choices determine the taxes we pay, the resources we consume and the wars we fight. This course provides an introduction to policy studies together with a conceptual tool-kit for understanding and evaluating public policies. It poses questions about the relevance of different actors and instruments in a series of important substantive policy areas: health and food, the environment, foreign relations, (un)employment, crime and the economy.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline.

Digital Course Outlines for 2025 will be refreshed around November/December.

Availability 2025

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

POLITICS 222: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage I in Politics and International Relations or Maori Studies or MAORI 130, or 30 points at Stage I in Social Science for Public Health, or 30 points at Stage 1 in BC courses