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AP Government and Politics Course Outline Unit Six: Public Policy Overview: Public policy is a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address a problem. Public policy is expressed in the body of laws, regulations, decisions and actions of government. Policy analysis may be used to formulate public policy and to evaluate its effectiveness. Public policies are governmental policies based on law; they are authoritarian and binding on people. Public policy is a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address a Unit 6 Dates to Remember problem Assigned Reading -Sabato Chapters 17-18-19 Important Terms and Concepts Public Policy Quiz 5/7 or 5/8 1. Economic Policy (Depending on which day you have this class) 2. Monetary Policy* 3. Fiscal Policy* 4. Foreign Policy 5. Social Welfare Policy* 6. Entitlement (program)* Note: If you are taking an AP Exam this 7. Mandatory vs. Discretionary Spending* week and are missing the quiz you will 8. Means-tested program* 9. Non means-based program* need to make arrangements with me to 10. Policy adoption* make it up. The PowerPoint on Public 11. Policy implementation* Policy is posted on my blog and you 12. Deregulation should give greater focus to the starred 13. GDP 14. Interventionist state items on this outline (in addition to the 15. Role of each governmental branch in concepts on the PowerPoint) policy-making* when studying. 16. IGOs (Intergovernmental Organizations)* 17. Multilateral/Multilateralism* 18. Pragmatism 14. Civil Rights Act(s) 19. Unilateralism 15. Freedom of Information Act 20. NATO* 16. Telecommunications Act 21. WTO* 17. Voting Rights Act 22. GAO 18. Bush Doctrine 23. Stages of the policy-making process* 19. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 24. The Federal Reserve* 20. USA PATRIOT Act* 25. Mixed-market economy* 21. Airline Deregulation Act 22. Bretton Woods Agreement Important Policies to Know for Quiz 23. Budget Enforcement Act 1. Aid to Families w/Dependent Children* 24. CAFTA 2. Fair Housing Act 25. Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 3. Medicaid* 26. Gramm-Rudman Act 4. Medicare* 27. NAFTA* 5. IDEA* 28. Trouble Assets Relief Program 6. Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act 29. ANWR Oil Drilling Policy 7. No Child Left Behind* 30. CERCLA 8. Affordable Care Act 31. Clean Air Act 9. Race to the Top 32. Clean Water Act(s) 10. Social Security Act 33. Clear Skies Act 11. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 34. Endangered Species Act* (TANF)* 12. Americans with Disabilities Act 13. Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act Unit 6 Review Questions for Unit 6 Policy Quiz 1. How are public policies made?? a. Elite view b. Bureaucratic view c. Interest group view d. Pluralist view 2. What are the stages of policy-making process? 3. What is the role of the three branches of government in the policy-making process? a. The Legislative Branch b. The Executive Branch c. The Judicial Branch 4. What is the role of the Government Accounting Office (GAO) in policy evaluation? Social Welfare Policy (Chapter 17) 5. What are the differences between non-means based programs and means-tested programs? Be certain to give an example of each. 6. What is an entitlement program? How is eligibility set for these programs? Economic Policy (Chapter 18) 7. What is fiscal policy? How does Congress influence fiscal policy? The president? 8. What is monetary policy? How does Congress influence fiscal policy? The president? 9. What is at the heart of the argument between conservatives and liberals concerning fiscal policy? The Policies 10. Study the Policies focusing mainly on those that are starred.