Study Questions: related to health policy and policy formulation (Howlett_2009_Public_Policy_ch.5) 1) What difference wo

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Study Questions: related to health policy and policy formulation
(Howlett_2009_Public_Policy_ch.5)
1) What difference would it make to use different categories of
policy instruments in trying to address a particular economic
problem?
2) Are certain types of policy instruments better suited to
solving social problems than others?
3) How does understanding the nature of a policy subsystem help
us understand the potential for policy change in the kinds of
alternatives considered at the policy formulation stage of the
policy process?
4) Why is there a bias towards incrementalism in the development
of policy alternatives?
5) Where do considerations of the feasibility of policy
alternatives emerge from? Why is this important in understanding
the nature of policy formulation activities?