Editing Public policy (section)

===Public policy visualization===
A topology model can be used to demonstrate the types of and implementation of public policy:
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|+ The Types of Government Action<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=O'Hare |first=Michael |date=1989 |title=A Typology of Governmental Action |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3325054 |journal=Journal of Policy Analysis and Management |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=670–672 |doi=10.2307/3325054 |jstor=3325054 |issn=0276-8739}}</ref>
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!!! Direct !! Indirect
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| Money || Trade: Make and Buy || Transfer: Tax and Subsidize
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| Other || Regulation: Oblige and Prohibit|| Knowledge: Inform and Implore
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Direct government action involving the use of money can be classified into 2 subsections. A government can either use its available resources to address the issue (Make), or can contract out to the private sector (Buy).

Indirect government action involving money is the use of fiscal policy to indirectly affect behaviours. These come in the form of levying taxes (Tax) or by subsidizing an alternative (Subsidize).

Other direct government action falls under the category of regulation. This is when a government uses its authoritative power to make persons behave a certain way (Oblige) or by making a behaviour illegal (Prohibit).

Indirect government action without the use of money can again be classified into 2 types. A government can provide information to its citizens on a particular issue, with hopes it affects their behaviour (Inform), or by appealing to their morality as a human or as a stakeholder in society (Implore).<ref name=":5" />