POL S 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Path Dependence
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Feedback: polices can be the cause of politics. The institutions that polices create the rules, who participation who pays for it, Why policy feeedback should be cosidered in policy desgn o o o. The type of feedback can determine whether a policy is politically sustainable. The extent to which policies encourage or discourage political participation has long- term implications for us democracy. Design elemets related to policy feedback: universal (positive feedback) vs targeted program (negative) o. Size of program benefit: how to program is administered, duration of program benefits, whether a program creates incentives for interest group mobilization. Offer money for education: mostly men. Those that used the gi bill were a part of more civic organization o.
