PUBLIC POLICY meaning: Government actions guiding societal outcomes

We found 17 dictionaries that define the word public policy:

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public policy: Merriam-Webster
public policy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
public policy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
public-policy: Wordnik
public policy: Wiktionary
public policy: Infoplease Dictionary
public policy: Dictionary.com
Public Policy, Public policy (disambiguation), Public policy (law), Public policy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
public policy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
Public Policy: Legal dictionary
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public policy: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (public policy)

▸ noun: (law) The set of policies (laws, plans, actions, behaviors) of a government; plans and methods of action that govern that society; a system of laws, courses of action, and priorities directing a government action.

Opposite:

private policy, individual policy, personal policy

Phrases:

public policy group, Master of Public Policy, Public Policy Institute for Wales, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Ethics and Public Policy Center, more...

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