Assignment:
Read and analyze the case study titled "Big-Mart: Cheap Goods at What Price?" on pages 33 through 39 of the Public Policy Praxis textbook. You must address all six of the questions under the Questions to Consider section after the conclusion of the case study. Note that the first question requires you to complete a stakeholder analysis.
Your essay should go beyond the obvious and be written at a graduate level making sure to properly cite sources according to APA style guidelines. Your essay must be a minimum of 1,200 words.
Questions to consider
1. Complete a interests analysis, and identify the many interests in this case. As you work on this, note that competing interest groups and individuals frequently present alternatives in strategically convenient and often dualistic terms. How does each group define the problem? What stories are they telling? Are they offering a Hobson's choice? How do their stories reflect their values, interests, and power?
2. Which view of power and democracy shaped your stakeholder analysis? For example, what groups did you include or exclude?
3. What linking mechanisms are utilized by each group? Can you identify backward loops in the process?
4. What strategies (political means) will likely be utilized by the key players?
5. Can you create a win-win policy that would recognize the interests of all of those involved?
6. What sort of policy process, if any, is needed next? What is your role, as a policy analyst, in that process?