Sunday, January 8, 2012
lets get down to urban policy! second part of assignment, catagorizing policies
During class the reviewed several things regarding policies such as the purpose of policies, descriptions of policies, types of policies etc. Although due to my lack of basic knowledge on policies, It was a little difficult to follow along with the vernacular involved. However, towards the end of class I began to see the bigger picture, and most of it was due to the discussions and arguments between peers.( I don't know about you but I found that entertaining) Anyways, the topic about policies that resonated with me the most was the way we classify policies. I did not realize there were so many categories and subcategories used to classify and describe policies. I knew of the self-regulatory and regulatory categories faintly. Many know that doctors, lawyers and other professionals are forced to obey rules and regulations that are enforced by the state regardless of their personal preferences. The reading talks about the typologies that were created to organize and sort the numerous amounts of laws and policies made. It goes into detail regarding the basic categories of policies which are substantive and procedural policies.
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I agree with you the slight arguments between people was amusing and entertaining. I am in the same boat with you the surprise in the categories used to both classify and describe policies. Prior to the lecture and readings I only truly understood the rules placed on self-regulatory and regulatory policies. Understanding what the redistributive policy entails made me realize how little people actually understand in their local and federal policies unless truly involved in policies or educated in it.
ReplyDeleteI can definitly relate to your comment about not being aware of all the categories that are used to classify policies. Even being in a professional working field, and developing a few policies here and there, still did not prepare me for numerous categories. It is interesting to see how they all have different impacts, but follow the same creation steps.
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