POSC240 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Historical Institutionalism, Sugary Drink Tax, Human Resources
16 Feb 2017
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Key concepts, ideas, and theories that you should know: An intentional course of action, developed and followed by governmental institutions and officials to solve an issue of public. The sum of government activities, whether pursued directly or through agents, as those activities have an influence on the lives of citizens. Three levels of public policy: public choices. Decisions made by politicians, civil servants, or others granted authority that are directed toward using public power to affect the lives of citizens. Congress members, presidents, governors, administrators, and pressure groups make such policy choices. What emerges from all those choices is a policy that can be put into action: policy output. Those things that you are going to commit to make sure that you can achieve the choice you made. Government is actually doing things (i. e. spending money, hiring people, etc. : policy impacts. Answers the question of did we make the right decision?".
