POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Gang Of Youths
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Two questions: the person next to you probably is writing on a sheet of paper. Quite likely, i influenced him or her to do so. Write down one point that tends to convince you. Here are some questions to ask that bear on whether some person, group, or category of actors influenced policy outcome. Note that you will not have all of them and maybe not many of them in any given case. But you should keep alert for evidence on such considerations: Which claims about benefits seem most important and most certain? (arguments for general public interests are mandatory. Example of airline industry opposition to deregulation ( airlines will cut fares. Not very persuasive just an excuse: they didn"t want to cut fares. ) You will only have some of these kinds of evidence to work with. Make the best inferences you can and give your justifications for them.
