POLITICS 222
Public Policy: Actors, Processes and Politics
Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for POLITICS 222.
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 toolkit 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.
Availability 2017
Semester 1
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Julie MacArthur
Reading/Texts
Howlett and Ramesh, Studying Public Policy, 3rd ed. (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Recommended Reading
Eichbaum and Shaw, Public Policy in New Zealand, 3rd ed. (Pearson Education, 2011)
Points
POLITICS 222: 15 points
Prerequisites
30 points at Stage I in Political Studies or Politics and International Relations or Māori Studies or MĀORI 130, or 30 points in Stage I listed in Social Science for Public Health
