Description

This Master Prompt provides an integrated framework for investigating public policy, governance systems, institutional behaviour, social inequalities, political and administrative processes, public participation and the relationships between scientific evidence and societal decision-making. It draws upon political science, public administration, sociology, social policy, institutional theory, political economy, governance studies and critical social science to examine how policies are formulated, implemented, evaluated and experienced by different social groups. Particular emphasis is placed on institutional legitimacy, public trust, power relations, social norms, policy acceptance, social welfare, justice, accountability and the distribution of social benefits and burdens.