Learning Objectives
In this chapter, you will learn:
- How to understand the context of public policies and regulations, including:
- Who the players in the public sphere are
- How the public sphere includes legislatures, the executive branch, elected officials, appointed officials in executive agencies, and civil servants
- How legislatures are organized and function
- The role of advocacy groups
- The mindsets of public officials
- Connections between lobbyists, legislators, and bureaucrats
- The important role of public opinion
- The role of regulations
- How macro policy advocates engage the eight challenges
- Specific policy advocacy skills that macro policy advocates need
- How to analyze a policy advocacy vignette to identify macro policy advocacy skills and strategies