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Policymaking
Chapter 17
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Political Studies
12th Grade
12/08/2010

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Public Policy
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a general plan of action adopted by the government to olve a social problem, counter a threat, or pursue an objective
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Distributive Policies
Definition
Government policies designed to confer a benefit on a particular institution or group
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Redistributive Policies
Definition
policies that take government resources, such as tax funds, from one sector of society and transfer them to another
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Regulation
Definition
government intervention in the workings of a business market to promot some socially desired goal
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Agenda setting
Definition
the stage of the policymaking process during which problems defined as political issues
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issue definition
Definition
our conception of the problem at hand
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Policy formulation
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the stage of the policymaking process during which formal proposals are developed and adopted
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implementation
Definition
the process of putting specific policies into operation
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Policy Evaluation
Definition
Analysis of a public policy so as to determine how well it is working
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Feedback
Definition
information recieved by policymakers about the effectiveness of public policy
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Fragmentation
Definition
in policymaking, the phenomenon of attacking a single problem in ifferent and sometimes competing ways
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Issue network
Definition
A shared knowledge group consisting of representatives of various interests involved in some particular aspect of public policy
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Nonprofits
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organizations that are not part of government or business and cannot distribute profits to shareholders or to anyone else
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