POLI 11 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Customs, Indirect Tax, Procedural Justice
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Public policy consists of all the authoritative or public decisions that governments make (the policy outputs of political system) Policy outcomes - the theoretical prediction of an outcome of a policy change, Gdp gross domestic products, the total value of goods and services produced by a country s resident within a year. Political instability- constitutional breakdowns, frequent leadership changes, riots, and the like upsets most peoples plans and can cost lives & cause material destruction. Indirect tax (four of em) sales taxes, value added taxes, excise taxes, and customs taxes. Rentier state, a state which derives all or a substantial portion of its national revenues from the rent of indigenous resources to external clients. System maintenance ( e. g. , the political system features regular, stable & predictable decision making process) System adaptation( e. g. , the political system is able to adapt to environmental change and policy)
