What is a problem? What sort of ideas become problems?
What is power? Who is powerful?
Essay:
What is a problem from a policy analysis perspective? Give an example.
Required reading:
Dery, D. 1984. Problem Definition in Policy Analysis, University Press of Kansas, Ch.2-3, pp.14-36. [PDF]
Optional reading:
Dowing, K 1996. Power. Buckingham: Open University Press
Loseke, D.R. 2003. Thinking about social problems. London: Aldine Transaction.