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Public policy is what governments do, why they do it, and what difference it makes.
So public policy is about politics, but it is also about the ways in which governments use the means at their disposal to try to influence how we, the citizens, behave and the level of public resources to which we have access. Before coming to the University of Canberra, Dr Jenny Stewart was for 15 years a policy adviser and program manager in the Commonwealth Public Service. As an academic, Jenny has specialised in the analysis of science, technology and industry policy and in the theory of policy. Uses a policy cycle approach to describe and explain policy-making in the Australian context. Concepts are clearly presented in a practical, hands-on context.