POLS 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Santa Barbara City College, Status Quo
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Corporations as policy makers them, is all about distribution. Authors define politics as who gets what, when, and how (lasswell) politics to. We still use private actors to achieve policy goals. Corporate decisions affect large portions of society that are outside of their immediate constituency; Corporations, like individuals, typically do not account for these effects in their decisions; They do not think about the people affected by their actions. The us government has little control over corporations. Fairly small amount of regulation compared to other countries that has been decreased in recent years. This is a conscious policy decision to let the market operate inefficiently and undemocratically, and results in inequitable distributions of costs and benefits. Similarities and differences between private and public policy making. Breadth of constituency and ideas of social responsibility. Ways in which private sectors makes or affects policy. The most powerful interest groups come from some sort of industry. Contribution to the foundation of interest groups.
