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Public Policy Analysis: The policy cycle · Stages of the Policy Cycle

The classic stages of policymaking, from agenda setting to evaluation and termination, and why critics say real policy rarely follows them in order.

Public Policy Analysis · 26 questions

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1. Which political scientist is usually credited with the first model dividing policymaking into a sequence of functional stages?

  1. Max Weber
  2. Harold Lasswell
  3. Robert Dahl
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Answer: Harold Lasswell

In the 1950s Lasswell described a 'decision process' of seven functions, from intelligence gathering to appraisal and termination, which inspired later stage models.

2. In the standard policy cycle, which stage comes directly after a problem gets onto the agenda?

  1. Policy evaluation
  2. Implementation
  3. Policy formulation
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Answer: Policy formulation

Once a problem has attention, officials and analysts develop and compare possible courses of action before any decision is taken.

3. Analysts compare a congestion charge, more bus routes and stricter parking limits as ways to cut city traffic. Which stage of the cycle is this?

  1. Policy evaluation
  2. Agenda setting
  3. Policy formulation
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Answer: Policy formulation

Formulation is where alternative solutions are generated, designed and weighed against each other, before anyone formally chooses.

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