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After a public policy has been implemented it is being evaluated. The evaluation step of public policy (last of 4, and implementation is the 3rd) checks whether the policy achieved its goal and whether it does not have unwanted side effects.
Answer:
functionalist perspective
Explanation:
The functionalist perspective is an important theoretical perspective of sociology which was first used by Emile Durkheim and the theory explained how a society remains stable. The theory suggests that society is not just the sum of all parts but each part of society contributes to the whole. Therefore each social institution contributes in some way for the stability of society. As per the question, big city political machines are part of political organization and thus contributes to the social needs.