Government decisions influence people’s personal and professional lives on a daily basis. They affect the price of housing, clothes, food, transport and water. They determine the types of jobs people do, how much they are paid and where they live. The study of Public Policy equips you with the ability to understand and interpret current affairs, deal with government in your future profession or business, work within government, and work for groups that lobby government. Public Policy at Waikato is an interdisciplinary major that explores and evaluates the processes by which national, regional, and local institutions of the state formulate and implement policies. This subject is made up of papers from Political Science, Economics, and Social Policy. Those who take Public Policy often take other papers in Sociology, Law, Economics and Management subjects, and can work towards jobs in areas such as central and local government, foreign affairs or Māori development.

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