POLI 2070 : POLI2070EXAM2STUDYGUIDE
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Must think about policy changes over long periods of time. Policy changes are best understood through subsystems (interaction of policy actors from different institutions that share a common policy interest) Think of policy subsystems as belief systems (value priorities and causal assumptions about how to realize them) Define a policy subsystem and an iron triangle. Be sure to mention the major difference between them. Policy subsystem: set of actors involved in dealing with a policy problem. Iron triangle: policy-making relationships among congressional committees, bureaucracies, and interest groups. Major difference: iron triangles don"t explain how change works because it is too limited and too focused on at a single level of government. Belief systems determine policy direction, and core beliefs are resistant to change. Usually actors within a subsystem will have a consensus on core beliefs, but secondary aspects may vary. Core is the broad beliefs, but is too broad for detailed policy.
