Charlesworth, Julie and Humphreys, Wendy
(2005).
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Abstract
[About the book]
This book is about public policy and how policy decisions shape the lives of citizens. "Policy" refers to one aspect of politics - not elections, nor party politics inside or outside parliament, nor dissent, but the making and delivery of laws, rules and guidelines. It is a distinctive feature of modern politics that governments are expected to make policies and implement them effectively, and that plans for policy provide the electorate with a means of distinguishing different parties at elections. Public policy is that part of politics concerned with government decisions, and their administration and implementation. Note an ambiguity straight away - "policy" can refer to what parties or governments plan to do, as well as to what governments actually do when in office.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2005 The Open University |
| ISBN: | 0-7486-1973-9, 978-0-7486-1973-3 |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Open University Business School Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies |
| Item ID: | 23619 |
| Depositing User: | Beryl Ridgway |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2011 10:38 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2012 09:56 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/23619 |
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