Spea v 185 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

rational decision making - Traditional economic theory that people are rational actors rational choice/public choice - people act based on their self interest what does it mean to be a rational actor? - You are able to rank, order your preferences based on the expected utility of each option. These rank ordered preferences are stable and transitive. Having perfect information about all alternative possibilities. Maximize your utility pure rationality - requires person to have complete inf...

Theory - Precise Answer some basic understanding of things that helps us simplify and explain complex relationships Operationalization - Precise Answer how to turn abstract concepts into something tangible/ meaningful observation - Precise Answer how to measure analysis - Precise Answer how to demonstrate causality or pattern, ex. when trying to solve different policy problems dependent variable - Precise Answer a factor, event, or outcome that we want to explain independent varia...

Punctuated equilibrium - ️️Happens when attention of key decision makers becomes focused on a single issue or problem Generally happens when an issue hits a breaking point and attention shifts and becomes proportionately focused Some issues can't be solved incrementally what does it mean to be a rational actor? - ️️You are able to rank, order your preferences based on the expected utility of each option. These rank ordered preferences are stable and transitive. Having perfect ...

What are the two dimensions of "publicness" identified by Bozeman? Be prepared to use these two dimensions to compare and contrast different organizations. - ️️1.Economic Authority: Extent to which an organization competes in the marketplace for revenues. - High economic authority = less public - Low economic authority = more public 2.Political Authority - Degree to which an organization is constrained by government rules and regulations - High political authority = more public...

Policy - Some plan of actions that is designed to address a particular problem or situation. -Purposive, Goal oriented, strategic -Made in advance, implies some degree of long-term orientation Public Policy - The action (or inaction) of government with regard to a particular issue or set of issues. What government does (or purposely doesn't do). -Attempts to solve the problem that impacts a large segment of society -Has implications for the "public interest" Policy Cycle Model - 1. Age...

externalities - ️️A side effect of an action that affects a third party other than the buyer or seller. can be positive or negative things Public Organizations - ️️Funded by the community through taxes, fees, grants, fund-raisers, donations, and contracts. embody a set of important values that are critical to our political system, are inherently less efficient, innovative, and effective. independent variable - ️️causes, explorations. things that we think are important factors i...

rational decision making Traditional economic theory that people are rational actors rational choice/public choice people act based on their self interest what does it mean to be a rational actor? You are able to rank, order your preferences based on the expected utility of each option. These rank ordered preferences are stable and transitive. Having perfect information about all alternative possibilities. Maximize your utility pure rationality requires person to have...

Theory - some basic understanding of things that helps us simplify and explain complex relationships Operationalization - how to turn abstract concepts into something tangible/ meaningful observation - how to measure analysis - how to demonstrate causality or pattern, ex. when trying to solve different policy problems dependent variable - a factor, event, or outcome that we want to explain independent variable - causes, explorations. things that we think are important factors in driving ...