Problem 1: This week's discussion of GCT and this week's readings' of Stone lend to the various methods of Policy Definition. What contemporary issues are being defined through approaches outlined by Stone?
Problem 2: Can you identify a political event that went from formulation to adoption very rapidly? Describe the event and define why you think this happened.
Problem 3: Given the discussion of administrative discretion, whose school of thought of would you identify with - Aristotle or Plato? Can we revert back to a society with little administrative discretion? Why or why not?
Problem 4: One of the arguments highlighted in the Frederickson readings for this week suggests that issues of social equity belong to politics and policy and not public administration. Frederickson calls for a rejection of such arguments - do you agree? Why or why not?
Problem 5: One of the concluding suggestions from your Frederickson text, is public administrators, at times, need to turn to the media for interest in social equity and dramatize the issues. Is this a sustainable approach to social equity efforts? Why or why not?