public policy and civil rights/liberties

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what are the 6 steps to policy making?

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1) identify a problem

2) get on agenda, join a linkage institution

3) policy formulation

4) policy adoption

5) policy implementation

6) evaluate policy

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what are the four types of politics? describe

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1) majoritarian (distributed benefits, distributed costs)

2) interest group (narrowly concentrated benefits, concentrated costs)

3) client (concentrated benefits, distributed costs)

4) entrepreneurial (distbruted benefits, concentrated costs)

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what are the four theories of democracy?

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pluralist, hyperpluralist, elitist, participatory

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what type of economy do republicans like? libertarians? democrats?

republicans care about _ while democrats care about _

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R: supply side, trickle down economics

Liber: lassiez faire

D: demand side, Keynesian economics

R care about inflation, D care about unemployment

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inflation: definition and what percent do you want?

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when your dollar loses value (doesn’t go for at much as it used to) and the rise in prices for consumer goods (want it to be 2%)

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unemployment rate: definition and percent you want

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Measured by the BLS, the proportion of the labor force actively seeking work, but unable to find jobs (want it to be between 4-4.5 percent)

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consumer price inflation (CPI)

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the key measure of inflation that relates the rise in prices over time

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budget

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a policy document allocating burdens (taxes) and benefits (expenditures)

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balanced budget

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when government spending= tax revenue in a given year

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national debt

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TOTAL amount the federal government owes (from GW to now)