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The Policy Making Process
Chapter 17
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Public Policy * *
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Public Policy-Making Process
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The Policymaking System
Public Policy = how to solve a “public” problem The process by which policy comes into being and evolves over time. The six items are hyperlinked to their own slide. A return button is also on the slide. * *
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Making Public Policy in 5 Steps
1. The National Agenda - getting on the radar 2. Policy Formulation - determining the remedy 3. Policy Adoption - choosing the remedy 4. Policy Implementation - regulating the policy 5. Policy Evaluation - assessing policy * *
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Setting the Political Agenda
The political agenda: something that is important to lots of people Healthcare? Getting on the agenda: - major event occurs - Trend in statistics - interest group awareness - media awareness Should policy be made radically or incrementally? * *
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The Influence of Institutions on Public Policy
Congress makes laws; President enforces laws Both help decide policy agenda Court decisions require enforcement assistance→ school desegregation, abortion Often tackle issues ignored by legislature/executive The bureaucracy is a source of innovation and forms alliances with senators and staff Iron Triangles Issue Networks * *
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Other Influences Groups may react if their issues are being ignored
Tea Party Occupy Wall St. States are laboratories for future national policies Federalism Block Grants * *
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Costs, Benefits, Politics Effect on Policy
* In order to make a policy decision, policymakers must assess the following items: Cost: any burden, monetary or non-monetary, that affect a group/people by a policy Benefit: any satisfaction, monetary or non-monetary, that affect a group/people by a policy Politics = who actually benefits/pays and who ought to benefit/pay getting items on the policy agenda helping one group over another group * *
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Classifying and Explaining the Politics of Different Policy Issues
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The POLITICS of Making Public Policy
Majoritarian politics: benefits for all & costs for all Ex: Military spending Interest group politics: benefits for a few & costs for a few Ex: labor unions wants vs. business wants Client politics: benefits for a few & costs for all Pork-Barrel Projects → “Earmarks” Ex: “Bridge to Nowhere” in Alaska Entrepreneurial politics: Benefits for all & costs for a few Ex: food safety, environment safety * *
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