APGovCh.15.Justin.Hall Flashcards

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Affordable Care Act (ACA)

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Nicknamed Obamacare, is a United States federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama

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Agenda-setting

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If a news item is covered frequently and prominently, the audience will regard the issue as more important

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Board of Governors

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A federal government agency that is the Fed’s centralized component. The Board consists of seven members who are appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate

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Budget Deficit

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When expenses exceed revenue, and it is an indicator of financial health

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Charter School

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A publicly funded independent school established by teachers, parents, or community groups under the terms of a charter with a local or national authority

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Common Core

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A set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy

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Department of Health and Human Services

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Aims to “protect the health of all Americans and provide essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.”

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Depression

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A long and severe recession in an economy or market

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Discount Rate

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The minimum interest rate set by the Federal Reserve for lending to other banks

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Distributive Policies

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Aimed at ensuring proper distribution of opportunities, goods, services among different sections of society

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Entitlement programs

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A government program that guarantees certain benefits to a particular group or segment of the population

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Federal Reserve System

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The central bank of the United States. It was created by the Congress to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system

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Fiscal policy

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The use of government revenue collection and expenditure to influence the economy. When the government changes the levels of taxation and government spending, it influences aggregate demand and the level of economic activity

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Governmental (Institutional) Agenda

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A discussion agenda; it consists of all public issues that are viewed as requiring governmental attention

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Gross domestic product

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The total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year

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Inflation

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A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money

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Keynesian economics

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Macroeconomic theories, economic output is strongly influenced by aggregate demand

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Laissez faire

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Abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market

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Means-tested programs

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Food stamps, public housing, Medicaid, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families are means-tested aid programs that provide benefits only to poor and lower-income persons

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Medicaid

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A health care program that assists low-income families or individuals in paying for doctor visits, hospital stays, long-term medical, custodial care costs and more

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Monetary policy

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The macroeconomic policy laid down by the central bank. It involves management of money supply and interest rate and is the demand side economic policy used by the government of a country to achieve macroeconomic objectives like inflation, consumption, growth and liquidity

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National Debt

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The total amount of money that a country’s government has borrowed, by various means

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No Child Left Behind Act

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States are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3–8 and once in high school

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non-means-tested programs

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Government programs available only to individuals below a poverty line. Examples of Non-means tests. social security, medicare, veterans disability benefits, unemployment benefits

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Open market operation

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An activity by a central bank to give liquidity in its currency to a bank or a group of banks

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Policy Adoption

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The third phase of the policy process in which policies are adopted by government bodies for future implementation

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Policy evaluation

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Evaluation principles and methods to examine the content, implementation or impact of a policy

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Policy Formulation

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The development of effective and acceptable courses of action for addressing what has been placed on the policy agenda

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Policy implementation

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The third stage of policy cycle its means the stage of the policy process immediately after the passage of a law, or the action that will be taken to put the law into effect or that the problem will be solved

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Public policy

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The principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based.

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Recession

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A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters

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Redistributive policy

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A policy requirement whereby the government reallocates the wealth from one group in society to another group. It involves the direct provision of benefits to citizens through social programs such as welfare

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Regulatory Policy

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Government aims to limit what can be done in the marketplace. Most governments have some regulations covering a variety of areas, including: Banking, insurance, and other financial businesses

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Social Security Act

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A system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped

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Systemic agenda

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“All issues that are commonly perceived by members of the political community as meriting public attention and as involving matters within the legitimate jurisdiction of existing governmental authority”

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Vouchers

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A small printed piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount or that may be exchanged for goods or services