Talk:Public policy/Archives/2014

Change in Structure

This article is unreflective of the field of public policy. It includes only three sections, one of which gives the impression that the academic discipline is somehow separate from practice (when in fact it is highly empirical). The section prior to this needs to be disentangled and structured in accordance with the basic components of an academic curriculum - simply jumping into public policy being a 'continuous feedback loop' is not clear and, as a fragment of public policy theory, is wholly unrepresentative. The section on feminism, whilst being an important subject, assumes disproportionate space in this article relative to others (it is not usually given much importance in curricula). I suggest revising this article from the bottom-up and basing it on a curriculum from a professional public policy school - for example, including sections on at least (1) the policy process; (2) public policy economics; (3) political and institutional factors; (4) bounded rationality and rational choices; (5) bureaucracy and public management.