Public Policy Practice

The means by which the government maintains order and addresses the needs of its citizens

• Ideology

• Public Policy

• Political Party

• Interest Groups

Way the government addresses public policy issues by limiting or controlling people's behaviors

• Regulations

• Provisions

Step in the Public Policy process in which you brainstorm possible solutions

• #1 Agenda setting

• #2 Policy Formulation

• #3 Policy Adoption

• #4 Policy Implementation

Regulations that protect public interests such as health, safety, the environment, and relationships in a community

• Economic regulations

• Social regulations

An institution that makes and enforces laws and public policies

• Ideology

• Public Policy

• Government

• Political Party

Beliefs fall between liberal and conservative depending on the issue

• Radical

• Reactionary

• Ideology

• Moderate

Social Security helps 51 million people

• Regulation

• Provision

Process of inducing others into accepting a point of view by means of reasoning and argumentation

• Negotiation

• Consensus Building

• Compromise

• Persuasion

Step in the Public Policy process in which a plan is chosen.

• #2 Policy Formulation

• #5 Policy Assessment/Policy Evaluation

• #3 Policy Adoption

• #4 Policy Implementation

The federal minimum wage law makes sure every covered worker gets paid a basic wage.

• Regulation

• Provision