Policy and Politics
Policy and decision-making are complex issues. Even for what might appear to be a simple decision, there many underlying factors that influence the final outcome. Some of these factors are obvious, but some can be elusive and hidden from all of the parties. Policies are not instituted in a flash and the process of policymaking should not be taken lightly. This makes the process of policy making a slow one at best. The many facets of the issue must be discussed and debated for often long periods of time. Policymaking is wrought with many problems for which there is no obvious right or wrong answer. Deborah Stone addresses these paradoxes in The Art of Political Decision-making.
Stone's work stands apart from many authors that focus on the application of their model in only a few specific applications. One example is Reinhart and Reinhart (2011) who recently discussed the limits of monetary policy. Many of the issues addressed by these authors are an example of the model discussed by Stone. One can find...
The principal holds the responsibility to assume the role of the leader in education and to focus on the curriculum and instruction in the school in order to enable the successful learning of all students. It is also important that the school administrator have a full understanding of the political and legal systems and the manner in which policy is developed on both a national and local level and that
Why? Because, for the most part, LBJ ignored them. He would invite the leadership and even critics to the White House quite frequently and listen as they offered suggestions. Usually, however, he would end up lecturing them about the wisdom of the decisions he had already predetermined. It is interesting to note, that, throughout the war, LBJ actually received far more support from Republicans than he did his own party.
Policy, Politics and Global Trends in Health Sector The goal of this policy paper is to provide the strategy to align effort transforming the health healthcare in the United States. The policy brief is also to improve the quality of healthcare delivery in the United States directed to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the secretary of the U.S. Department of HHS (Health & Human Service), the agency that protects and improves the health
In other, more charter-friendly states, there are multiple authorizers -- universities, state boards, even specially created bodies with expertise in charter school creation. The new bill before the state House and Senate will give the Board of Education an advising role on charter school applications prior to going before the local school board. Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts opened Aug. 11, 2010 making it the 10th charter school
1996 passed Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act has on healthcare organizational policies. This will be done through answering several review questions. Law and Organizational Health Care Policy There are several ways that health law can be conceptualized. Health law can be viewed as entailing not just the law on financing and delivery of healthcare but also all other related areas of study that are associated with the link between health
Literature Assessment: Nurse-Patient RatiosIntroductionThe issue of mandatory staffing ratios for hospitals to ensure that adequate quality care is available to patients. Fox and Abrahamson (2009) note that �nursing care arguably falls into the realm of protecting the common good, and therefore requires government oversight� (p. 235). The sources in this bibliography relate to this issue and provide context for it. Taken together, the sources show that there is much debate
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