Problem:

(a) What do you meant by public policy? What does the study of public policy involve?

(b) How are problems that might lead to public policy identified and defined?

(c) Describe the rational model of public policy making. Discuss its limitations?

(d) "Public Institutions do not , however, function in a vacuum, but are instead a part of a greater whole(political system)".

Discuss how the political system in Mauritius impacts on the policy-making process.

(a) What is policy analysis? How helpful is it in facilitating the complex process of policy formulation?