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Ha, that's a great question! In theory, this is the answer re: public policy vs. public administration: civicinsighter.com/p/ar…
That said, in practice, the distinction can be quite blurry!
And Public Affairs is, as far as I can tell, is whatever that particular university decided it is, but could be anywhere on the policy-administration s…
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Ha, that's a great question! In theory, this is the answer re: public policy vs. public administration: https://civicinsighter.com/p/are-public-policy-degrees-too-narrow
That said, in practice, the distinction can be quite blurry!
And Public Affairs is, as far as I can tell, is whatever that particular university decided it is, but could be anywhere on the policy-administration spectrum or could even include some other stuff too. It's a pretty vague and flexible term, at least from what I've seen.