Epistemologies
objective truth exists and is knowable
What is positivism
Irresolvable tensions at the top of the world that can only be researched and managed, but are unlikely, without a significant unanticipated event, to be resolved
What is a policy paradox
the Exxon Valdez oil spill and discovery of oil on the north slope are all examples of what
What is a focusing event?
The following is a list of five areas of what agenda setting related research stream? problem causation; nature of the problem (severity, incidence, novelty, proximity, crisis status); characteristics of the problem population; end-means orientation of problem definer; and nature of the solution
What is problem definition.
This type of good is both non-rivalrous and non-excludable, like clean air or national defense. Non-rivalrous: One person’s use doesn’t reduce how much is available for others. Non-excludable: It’s very hard (or impossible) to prevent people from benefiting once it exists.
What is a public good
objective truth exists and is unknowable, we all come with our biases
What is post positivism
focuses on the impact and evolution of social structures and political institutions on policy making
What is state theory
This follows a focusing event.
What is a window of opportunity.
In the simplest of terms,_____ functions in much the same way as a frame around a picture: attention gets focused on what is relevant and important and away from extraneous items in the field of view
"Framing"
Ice cream fits this category because it’s rivalrous and excludable—if you eat it, others can’t, and you can stop them from taking it.
What is a private good
all knowledge is constructed through our realities and knowledge, no objective truth, multiple realities
What is constructivism
Tools of economics – why are bureaucrats and politicians doing what they do when they are supposed to be serving the public good?
What is public choice theory
this is studied to explain variation in the relationship between public support for government spending and actual spending
What is "attention"
A _____is an account with a guiding arc structured around a beginning, middle, and end. Most simply, there is a problem, an explanation for occurrence of the problem, and a tension-resolving solution
story
Streaming services and toll roads belong here: excludable but non-rivalrous—at least until congestion sets in.
What is a toll good or club good
there’s messiness to reality, pick a metho that works and knowledge, goal is change
What is pragmatism
What is institutionalism
what was studied to understand that elections and changes in government party had very little effect on policy priorities of government
What are executive speeches
According to Lovecraft, permanent participants should have an opportunity to chair what international body of appointed representatives?
Arctic Council
Fisheries and groundwater are examples of these goods, which are rivalrous but non-excludable, often leading to overuse.
What is a common pool resource
Knowledge is relational and based on long-term relationships and observations with the land
What is Indigenous knowledge systems
Alaska is a multi-jurisdictional state is example of what approach to studying public policy?
What is polycentrism
This is an approach to policy making that allows for both Indigenous knowledge systems and western science to be included in problem definition
What is co-production
What framework from sociology is helpful to understand how status, influence, and resources all potentially hinge on which professional, disciplinary, or moral point of view wins out.
Social construction of reality perspective
This means to benefit from a good or service without contributing to its cost.
What is a free rider