POLS 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Class Action, Santa Barbara City College
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Not just goals: it is important to understand that stone does not mean for these five things to be thought of simply as goals. They are also standards, values, and justifications : they serve many functions in the policy process, so be careful not to think of them purely as goals, each goals cannot be defined definitively. Equity: equity defined and the dimensions of equity, political struggles, at their core, are about distribution/allocation, when distributing/allocating, a common goal is equality the same size share for everybody. Equity is a common goal: the definition of equity has complications. Efficiency: markets and efficicency default mode of organizing human activity, a central tenet of market theory is that voluntary exchanges are the best way to achieve efficiency, this beleief rests on two assumptions. People make exchanges based on both objective and subjective information: challenges to market theory. Income maintanence/guarantees: class action lawsuits, uniform bac standards. Security/welfare: simple definition: minimum requirements for biological survival.
