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Public policy |
is a government plan of action to solve a problem that people share collectively or that they cannot solve on their own |
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Significance of public policy |
intended problem is always solved, or that the plan might not create more and even worse problems. Some issues may be so controversial that policymakers would rather leave them alone public policy as a purposeful course of action intended by public officials to solve a public problem. designed to solve common problems, not to address the concerns of a single business or institution |
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Examples of Public Problems |
directly or indirectly affect many citizens need for collective goods that individuals alone cannot or will not produce, such as highways, schools, and welfare. Public problems can include harm caused to citizens by the environment, foreign countries, dangerous products, or each othe |
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How do gov't address public problems? |
directly, by building schools, prisons, or highways, for example, but a great deal of public problem solving entails offering incentives to individuals or groups to get them to behave the way government wants them to behave |
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Difficulties in solving public problems |
1.people have different ideas about what constitutes a problem in the first place 2.solving public problems can be hard is that solutions cost money 3.solutions often generate new problems. 4. complexity. Seldom are there easy answers to any public dilemma |
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Types of Public Policies |
1.redistributive 2.distributive 3.regulatory |
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redistributive |
+attempt to shift wealth, income, and other resources from the “haves” to the “have-nots +help poorer citizen +example: Medicaid ..foodstamps +public interest groups +disadvantage citizen benefits +middle and upper-class taxpayer + |
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Distributive |
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