Talk:Public policy
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I think the article and definitions on Public Policy is concise and i believe it helps a lot for those who are not familiar with the topic..great job!!
This is a very sad article. It is quite scary when the definitions comprise over half of the article.
Lack of NPOV in this article!?!? The word "should" all over the place is rather alarming.
"...some general rules of thumb about how this should be accomplished" --- according to whom?
"The government should be subject to law..." --- according to whom?
And so on. The whole article looks like one big giant non-neutral POV. I'm baffled.
[edit] Agreed: this article is not with the spirit of Wikipedia!
I'm a graduate student of public policy -- and yes, I agree, this particular page needs some editing to make it more inclusive of many points of view. I'll see what I can do.
- This article should be a short, concise article of what public policy is. Currently it is an essay saying that public policy is undefinable (it still has a lot to say about something it can't define), and a plug for an academic's book. This should be a short overview of what public policy is (ie. government making laws, lobby groups presenting views), and should have some examples of thinktanks and government school (eg. Kennedy School of Government). For an example of what this could be like (only with more info) is public administration. Harro5 July 4, 2005 07:14 (UTC)
I agree. I'm studying for a public policy final and I'm using Wikipedia to help. Many articles are good but this one is rediculous! First of all, any article that starts with semantics, and not a clear definition is going nowhere. I had a recent experience with this on the latin america article. This page is like one long-winded debate of what one guy thinks public policy is, and not only is that not in the spirit of Wikipedia, but the his intra-personal debate isn't even that good. We need a public policy major to delete this whole thing and start anew.
[edit] Too Much To The Right
I can see that this article was edited to fit a libertarian/conservative view point. While those of you on the right/center-right are entitled to your views, please keep this article about public policy neutral. While I'm a progressive communitarian myself,I wouldn't edit this article to fit my views either. This article should strictly be about the technical details of public policy, not how one ideology or movement would like it to be. Save your rantings about the "free market" and "small government" for Republican/Libertarian blogs or GameFAQs. ~~~~Leaf Cable
