Public Policy Essays

Public Policy Essay (the Hog Poisoning)

My topic for this policy essay is the hog poisoning mentioned in the week 11 podcast approximately 11 minutes in. This topic is an important issue because of the severe economic and social havoc these wild hogs bring. It is relevant specifically to Texas because of the large number of these beasts and the ineffective methods of thinning their numbers. The hog numbers in Texas have grown too large, the economic problems this infestation is creating needs addressing; the new […]

Public Policy and Decentralised Governance in India

Public Policy and Decentralized Governance Panchayat Raj Act and its relevance for democratic governance in rural India. Introduction:- In this term paper, I have been discussed the basic concept of Panchayat raj, democratic governance etc. To understanding the idea of panchayat raj, it is necessary to know the historical background of the panchayat system in India. The roots of the panchayat raj system are in the ancient religious text. The Britishers through enacting the various acts in this regard have […]

Public Policy and Health

Overview Obesity remains as one of the most preventable diseases in the developed countries, and its prevalence continues to increase not only in affluent societies but also in developing countries (Segula 2014). The ease of accessibility and availability of food has contributed to the increasing prevalence of obesity and the obesogenic environment. The highest prevalence of obesity rates across Europe was recorded in the United Kingdom (U.K) (The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (2017). By 2030, approximately half of […]

Public Policy: Housing Affordability, Boom and Crisis

As Milligan & Tiernan have commented (2011, 391), affordable housing and its provision is “vital to economic participation and productivity”: Secure, affordable housing is essential to employment and educational outcomes and it has been an important source of investment and wealth creation, especially for Australian households who own their own homes … The promise of being able to provide affordable home ownership was especially important in shaping Australian nationhood. By 1941, over half of Australians owned their own homes, and […]

Public Policy- Relevant Topic for Businesses

Introduction In recent years, the political environment has become more complex and dynamic owing to increased political action by constituents (Oliver & Holzinger, 2008, p. 504). Since 1945, most Western European countries started integrating social partners, employers’ and workers’ organizations in policymaking. Magone (2001, p. 15) concludes, that these have become more heavily involved in the legislative process in the areas of employment and social policy, particularly at a supranational level. These interest groups seem to have a closer relationship […]

Coronavirus-2019 Public Policy Problem

The public policy problem that I selected is about coronavirus in 2019. The Coronavirus is a virus more specifically, identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. Coronavirus is a kind of common virus that causes an infection in your nose, sinuses, or upper throat. This virus can make you severely ill, with little or no symptoms at all, or it can also be fatal (CDC, 2019). One of the public policy problems […]

Effective Public Policy

Effective public policy carefully evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the policy design process by using various leadership theories as a framework. Additionally, policies indicate the individual role leadership plays in managing policy design, operation, implementation, and analysis within a governing body. It explores the role of the practitioner-scholar in the development of community issues, as well as the role of public service leaders in fostering and maintaining appropriate and robust community relationships to address problems through the implementation of […]

Gun Control and Public Policy

Recently, gun control has been a hot topic and many are trying to find a way to please everybody with new laws or to just change or alter the old laws a bit. Gun laws are tricky because the same guns that are protecting us are the same guns that are killing us. Which makes this topic a great topic for review in public policy. Nearly two-thirds of gun deaths are suicides The U.S. gun suicide rate is eight times […]

A Major Issue of Public Policy: Unemployment

A major issue in today’s society is unemployment. Over time, the issue of unemployment has become a larger problem. Today, it is extremely difficult for anyone to find a job. The unemployment issue is due to a long-term decline in demand which leads to a decrease in jobs which leads to an increase in unemployment. The unemployment rate is slowly on the rise. Unemployment leads to poverty and due to unemployment more people are ending up homeless and on the […]

City Centre Housing Growth and Public Policy

Many cities in Britain have struggled to keep pace with the demand for housing, as they have sought to rebalance economies. This especially true in Northern cities who must accommodate growth while continuing to tackle the structural legacy of their industrial pasts. The government recognises how important vibrant city economies are to sustainable growth and have struck ‘city deals’ with the eight core cities (with more to come). These deals devolve power and investment to local authorities in return for […]

Skills Required of a Professional Public Policy Advocate

Abstract It is a really a controversial topic that what kind of skills are needed for the public advocacy. Public Policy Advocacy is practice by many people and it has affected political parties and many other things also. Public Policy Advocacy is a huge international industry, where well-educated, highly-skilled, personable and persuasive individuals works. This is the same reason behind this research. The area of interest behind this topic is very large. It is needed to be studied thoroughly and […]

Public Private Partnership in Healthcare

Transforming Singapore Health Care—MK Lim 461 Commentary Transforming Singapore Health Care: Public-Private Partnership MK Lim,1FAMS, FRCP (Edin), MPH (Harvard) Abstract Prudent health care policies that encourage public-private participation in health care financing and provisioning have conferred on Singapore the advantage of flexible response as it faces the potentially conflicting challenges of becoming a regional medical hub attracting foreign patients and ensuring domestic access to affordable health care. Both the external and internal health care markets are two sides of the […]

Management of Resources Within the Public Sector

Executive Summary Since the ‘Comprehensive Spending Review’ in 2010 the National Health Service (NHS) has experienced significant budgetary constraints. Whilst the UK Government has protected the NHS budget, it is still the tightest funding settlements the NHS has ever experienced. Demand is growing rapidly as the population ages and long-term conditions become more common. Along with more sophisticated and expensive treatment options are becoming available and the cost of medicines is growing by over A£600m per year. The NHS must […]

Public Value – an Important Concept for Public and Nonprofit Organisation

  Public Value an important concept for public and nonprofit organization in relation to competing values, reforms and results Gulf Investment House(GIH) Contents Introduction: Public Value: Measuring Public Value: Competing Values Framework: Competing value framework and GIH: Conclusion: Bibliography Introduction: Gulf Investment House is a financial service company. In 1998 Gulf Investment house was found. GIH is a shareholding company located in Kuwait.KD 44.2 million is the subscribed and paid up capital to list the company on the Kuwait stock […]

A growing number of states, healthcare providers, and individuals are calling for the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana is currently classified as a Schedule I Controlled Substance. A Schedule I classification means that the substance is illegal with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. This illegal status has consumed billions of dollars in criminal justice resources while also promoting an illegal drug market and hampering research efforts. However, the 1982 and 1999 Institute of Medicine research […]

Franklin D Roosevelt – “The Man who Conquered Fear”

President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States of America. He rose to control in 1933 and administered for three terms up to 1945. Roosevelt succeeded the Republican Herbert Hoover in the November 1932 races and was reappointed two additional occasions as president of the United States (Polenberg 52).  He was the party head of the Democratic Party and during his residency as the president of the United States; he impacted various approaches that established the […]

About George W Bush

The first world leader that I think fit the description of a leader , is that who loved being feared is GEORGE.W.BUSH he was born on july 6 , 1946. He was a politician who was the 43rd president of the usa , i researched that he love being feared because, the work ,sheet that has been giving to me says it is excellent to be scared than loved who feared the leaders were much i guess likely to redeem […]

Did George W Bush do a Good Job?

The United States has an extensive list of presidents that were labeled as ‘’great,” many of which have led the country through countless adversities. However, Americans have also witnessed leaders who did more harm than good during their presidency. George W. Bush, the 43rd president, for example, was one of the most controversial leaders in United States history. As one of the select few presidents to be re-elected for a second term, many people argue that he did an excellent […]

Wind Turbines (wind Power)

Abstract Since the early 2000’s the installation of wind turbines has steadily increased. Before turbines are installed at a wind farm a power purchase agreement is worked out between the seller of the energy (usually the turbine manufacturer) and the buyer of the energy (a utility). These power purchase agreements generally last for 20 years. Once these 20 years are up a new power purchase agreement must be formed or more commonly the old turbines need to be decommissioned. Unfortunately, […]

Affordable Care Act and Universal Healthcare in Sweden

Health care is one of the most controversial topics in American society, today. Countries have opted to form their own health care from being single-payer, two tiered or insurance mandated. Who can say which one is better than the other? In this research paper, I will be doing an in-depth comparison between Sweden’s single payer health care plan and the United States’ individual mandated plan through the Affordable Care Act. Specifically, this paper will discuss the differences between Sweden and […]

Minimum Legal Drinking Age Law

Minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws provide an example of how scientific research can support effective public policies. Between 1970 and 1975, 29 States lowered their MLDA’s; subsequently, scientists found that traffic crashes increased significantly among teenagers. Alcohol use among youth is related to many problems, including traffic crashes, drownings, vandalism, assaults, homicides, suicides, teenage pregnancies, and sexually transmitted diseases. Research has demonstrated the effectiveness of a higher MLDA in preventing injuries and deaths among youth. Despite laws prohibiting the […]

Animal Testing in Cosmetics

Before a thorough analysis of the public policy can be done, it is important to understand why this topic is a social problem worthy of discussion. Animal testing is defined as, Use of animals in experiments and development projects usually to determine toxicity, dosing and efficacy of test drugs before proceeding to human clinical trials (Animal Testing). The use of animal testing dates back to the earliest time in history. The earliest evidence of animal testing is from descriptions of […]

Foreign Aid and the Trump Administration

During the 2016 US Presidential Campaign, candidate Donald Trump separated himself from the pack of Republican candidates by championing a more isolationist foreign policy. While more establishment Republican candidates like Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush advocated for more hawkish foreign policy positions with greater US activity around the world, Trump wanted to pull back from the world. This became a key cornerstone of his America First policy. Ostensibly, this pro-isolationist stance struck a chord with a segment of the American […]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) are a set of health insurance and industry reforms that aim to expand access to health insurance and change the way the federal government pays doctors. The expansion of people with insurance can be attributed to three main provisions in the law – The expansion of Medicaid, the creation of insurance exchanges and the individual mandate (Kliff, 2017). While Obamacare relies on insurance companies and federal government, single – payer healthcare relies on […]

Sick Around the World

What does “universal health care mean? Which countries in the film have universal health care? “Universal healthcare” or “universal coverage” refers to a scenario where everyone is covered for basic healthcare services, and no one is denied care as long as they are legal residents in the geography covered. Countries that have universal health care coverage are United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Switzerland and Taiwan. Although all five countries that was discussed in the video “Sick Around the World”, have universal […]

How has the Development of the Internet Affected Media Regulation?

Media regulation is defined as the guidance or control of mass media by watchdogs and government via procedures, rules and laws in order to protect the public interest (Feintuck & Varney, 2006). It is commonly associated with print and broadcast news sources but the parameters of regulation have been continuously tested in recent years as a direct result of the development and exponential growth of the Internet and the new media that has emerged from it. Traditionally regulation of the […]

The Pros and Cons of the Law Reform Commission Recognising the Doctrine of Unfairness in Contract Law for Consumer Protection in Irish Law

2. Content: Using your own words, briefly explain your understanding of the essay title and the issue you are being asked to address. What exactly is the essay title asking you to do? In my opinion the essay title was asking for me to research other jurisdictions for evidence of a doctrine of unfairness, how it is stated and used in said jurisdiction. I think that it also called for a comparison to be drawn between the already in place […]

Should Economic Efficiency be the Primary Consideration for Competition Law?

 It is widely accepted that economic efficiency is the primary consideration and legitimate doctrine when contemplating the goal of competition law. This is agreed upon by both legal and economist scholars. [1] Economic efficiency brings about monumental benefits; it stimulates the economy, reduces the prices of products, and improves development innovation and creativity, creating new sources of capital.[2] Schweitzer has argued that competition law can never stand alone with just economic efficiency in a democratic society. The inclusion of public […]

The World Trade Organisation International Law

The WTO came into existence on 1 January 1995 after agreements negotiated during the Uruguay Rounds (1986 – 1994) of the General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade (GATT), the predecessor of the WTO. The WTO is the international body which deals with the universal trading rules between countries. The organisation’s main function is that of ensuring, as far as possible, the smooth, predictable and free running of trade between nations. The WTO handles a series of agreements on trade, agriculture, […]