PSCI 3206 Midterm: Midterm 1 Study Guide
7 Feb 2017
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First in-class short midterm next tuesday, feb 7th. Environmental movement -- environmental regulation began with the states. When the earliest laws were adopted, focus was to do more (congress wanted to encourage) but protecting the environment is not part of the constitution/american govt. structure. Briefly describe several waves (issue of concern, decade) natural resource management (early 1900s) President richard nixon and began operation on december 2, 1970 concerns about resource damage eventually arose (less and less forest since) Agenda-setting process: what is the question? (sometimes create a lot of problems or consequences which need addressing) > policy termination or restatement of policy. Policy-making process (problem definition > setting the agenda > formulating policy > implementation: challenge is to set the agenda: the responsibility of the decision-makers is to decide what"s good for the. American public, but there are countless issues (approximately 10,000 bills are introduced in the united. Application of agenda -setting process to an issue.
