There were several important themes in chapter such as: “Policy-making and its subsequent implementation are necessary to deal with societal problems.” (Janssen, 2015) “Policy-making is driven by the need to solve societal problems and should result in interventions to solve these societal problems.”  (Janssen, 2015) “Examples of societal problems are unemployment, pollution, water quality, safety, criminality, well-being, health, and immigration.”  (Janssen, 2015) The author of chapter 1 discusses several developments that influence policy-making. Select one of the developments in chapter 1 and describe how that development can influence policy to solve a specific problem. You must do the following: 1) Create a new thread. As indicated above,  select one of the developments in chapter 1 and describe how that development can influence policy to solve a specific problem. 2) Select AT LEAST 2 other students' threads and post substantive comments on those threads. Your comments should extend the conversation started with the thread.  ALL original posts and comments must be substantive.  As I stated, make a quality contribution to the discussion. References Janssen, M., Wimmer, M. A., & Deljoo, A. (Eds.). (2015).  Policy practice and digital science: Integrating complex systems, social simulation and public administration in policy research  (Vol. 10). Springer. .

1. There were several important themes in chapter such as:
“Policy-making and its subsequent implementation are
necessary to deal with societal problems.” (Janssen, 2015)
“Policy-making is driven by the need to solve societal problems
and should result in interventions to solve these societal
problems.” (Janssen, 2015)
“Examples of societal problems are unemployment, pollution,
water quality, safety, criminality, well-being, health, and
immigration.” (Janssen, 2015)
The author of chapter 1 discusses several developments that
influence policy-making.
Select one of the developments in chapter 1 and describe how
that development can influence policy to solve a specific
problem.
You must do the following:
1) Create a new thread. As indicated above,
select one of the developments in chapter 1 and describe how
that development can influence policy to solve a specific
problem.
2) Select AT LEAST 2 other students' threads and post
substantive comments on those threads. Your comments should
extend the conversation started with the thread.
ALL original posts and comments must be substantive. As I
stated, make a quality contribution to the discussion.

2. References
Janssen, M., Wimmer, M. A., & Deljoo, A. (Eds.). (2015).
Policy practice and digital science: Integrating complex
systems, social simulation and public administration in policy
research
(Vol. 10). Springer.