Welcome to the blog for PAF9181 Comparative Public Policy and Administration.

Post anything you want that you think is relevant to the course. The only rule is that you have to explain why you think it’s relevant (or you can declare it isn’t relevant, and explain why you posted it anyway!!).

Remember that this course is COMPARATIVE Public Policy and Administration, and not World Politics or International Relations, so try always to add a comparative aspect, particularly if you are commenting on something in the US.

The posts can be very serious. We are in the middle of an impeachment process so it is worth comparing how different countries can remove their leaders. In the US we have 4-year fixed terms for President and a very high-stakes, high-bar process of impeachment. In other democracies, particularly those with parliamentary systems, all it takes is a vote of no confidence, or the the ruling party changing their leader. Which system is better.

Equally,  the blog posts can be somewhat more trivial. See the following article that compares dinner times around the world: What time people typically eat dinner in 12 different places around the world https://www.insider.com/dinner-times-around-the-world-2018-11

Note that this blog is only visible to registered users from this class. So it is private. But given the state of hacking I can never 1000%  guarantee it will never get into the public domain. So be prudent.

If you are not familiar with blogging, I have put instructions for the blog on Blackboard.

John