PSCI 3325 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: W. M. Keck Observatory, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
18 Oct 2016
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From watchman state to an array of organizations and institutions affecting all lives. Us is not a welfare state like europe, but it does have many and growing number of welfare programs. Complexity of the government make it necessary to understand what public policies are, how they"re made and changes, and how to evaluate the effectiveness and morality of the policies. Impact of structures and procedures on the policies. Means governments and citizens can use to evaluate the effects of public policies and the methods that enable them to decide what they want and can expect to receive from government. The sum of government activities, pursued directly or through agents, that has an influence on the lives of the citizens. Three levels of policy -defined by the degree to which they make real differences in the lives of citizens: policy choices - decisions made by politicians, authority directed toward using public power to affect lives of citizens.
