American Public Policy

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American Public Policy

• American? Public? Policy?
• Political Science 316
• Mark Stephan

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Last Class and Todays Class

• Introductions
• American Public Policy breaking it down
• Why study public policy?
• Reasons for public policy.

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American?

• What does it mean for the policy to be
  American?
• Domestic
• Foreign
• Relationship?

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Public?

• How do you define public?
• What is not public?
• Scope of conflict elastic democracy
• Changes over time (history?)

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Policy?

• Company, university, local, etc.
• Procedures, statutes, regulations..rules
• A purposive course of action to deal with a
  problem (Kraft and Furlong)

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Public Policy?

• Some of your examples
• What government does or does not do (?)
• ..a course of government action or inaction in
  response to public problems. It is associated
  with formally approved policy goals and means, as
  well as the regulations and practices of agencies
  that implement programs . (Kraft and Furlong)

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Krafts mindset

• Why study policy?
• Reasons for policy?
• Economic or Market Failures huh?
• Policy analysis

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News Flash!!

• Education policy in Washington State how much
  should teachers get paid?
• Military intelligence and torture policy driven?

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Preview of Next Class

• Keep up with the readings
• Institutions and policy
• Handout on first paper

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If theres time

• Writing exercise
• Describe a public policy that effects your life
  also give your opinion whether you think the
  issue should be a public issue