Assignment 8 terms

Question 1

public policy

Answer 1

interest group politics transactions theory:

public policies are the result of narrowly defined exchanges among political actors

Question 2

policy process

Answer 2

recognition, agenda, formulation, adoption, budgeting, implementation, evaluation

Question 3

medicare

Answer 3

old people
national
when you turn 65
has 4 options, d is drugs

Question 4

medicaid

Answer 4

poor people
state (25%) national (75%)
states: enrollment/ admission according to federal guidelines

Question 5

health insurance

Answer 5

medicare and medicaid together are over a trillion dollars

obamacare: everyone should have health insurance

Question 6

no child left behind

Answer 6

bush

kids should be in school

Question 7

energy policy

Answer 7

usually takes the form of what is our primary source for electricity
coal, oil, nuclear, wind, solar, fracking
trade- the middle east, opec nations
obama:
1- greater oil production within the united states
2- greener sources, solar/ wind power
(declared war on coal)

Question 8

clean air act (1970)

Answer 8

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Question 9

epa

Answer 9

environmental protective agency
nixon executive order
independent agency

Question 10

global warming

Answer 10

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Question 11

laissez-faire capitalism

Answer 11

separation of economy and state

Question 12

interventionist state

Answer 12

collective security, like with league of nations

rejected by the senate because republicans don’t want to be interventionist and get dragged into world events

Question 13

regulation (economic vs. social)

Answer 13

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Question 14

fiscal policy

Answer 14

tax and spending

Question 15

gross domestic product

Answer 15

monetary value of all goods and services produced within a nation’s geographic borders over a specified period of time

Question 16

federal budget

Answer 16

mandatory and discretionary spending

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Question 17

inflation

Answer 17

value of money decreases over time

basic economic principle

Question 18

monetary policy

Answer 18

money supply

Question 19

federal reserve system

Answer 19

est 1913
board of governors/ chair
goal: avoid political upheaval for monetary policy/ facilitate growth/ control inflation

Question 20

discount rate

Answer 20

rate of interest the fed loans to its member banks

Question 21

entitlement programs

Answer 21

so long as you meet certain age and participation requirements, you’re entitled to these benefits
you can’t deny benefits to someone without due process
ex: Social Security

Question 22

means/ non-means tested programs

Answer 22

dependent on income or not

ex. TANF

Question 23

social security

Answer 23

old age pension, basically
designed to help with elderly poverty rates
sold as unemployment insurance
funded by payroll taxes

Question 24

food stamps

Answer 24

SNAP supplemental nutrition assistance program

ebt cards

Question 25

tanf

Answer 25

temporary assistance for needy families
means-tested
state-run

Question 26

keynesians

Answer 26

demand-side economics

economic output is strongly influenced by aggregate demand (total spending in the economy)

Question 27

monetarists

Answer 27

money supply

Question 28

supply-side economics

Answer 28

economic growth can be most effectively created by investing in capital, and by lowering barriers on the production of goods and services

Question 29

progressive vs regressive taxes

Answer 29

p: affects higher income people at a greater percentage than lower-income people
income tax should be like this
r: affects lower-income higher than higher-income
like sales tax
flat taxes, like 10% for everyone tend to be regressive

Question 30

welfare reform

Answer 30

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Question 31

isolationism

Answer 31

us should stay isolated

not involved in world events

Question 32

collective security

Answer 32

you attack one, you attack all

Question 33

appeasement

Answer 33

neville chamberlain w/ hitler
oh let’s just give him this land, he’ll be chill and stop invading everything
total fail
later we didn’t know if this would work with the taliban or whatever

Question 34

imf & world bank

Answer 34

international monetary fund
goal is to stabilize currency and facilitate trade
world bank provides capital and development

Question 35

wto & gatt

Answer 35

world trade organization
gatt morphed into wto
(general agreement on trade and tariffs)

Question 36

containment (truman doctrine)

Answer 36

1947 backing countries that are fighting communism

Question 37

nato

Answer 37

north atlantic treaty organization
mutual defense pact
attack on one is attack on all

Question 38

humanitarian issues

Answer 38

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Question 39

bush doctrine

Answer 39

preemptive attack

Question 40

the united nations

Answer 40

1945 created to provide political order
sort of collective security
based in new york

Question 41

joint chiefs of staff

Answer 41

group of military leaders from different branches of military
created natl defense act 1947

Question 42

nafta

Answer 42

north american free trade agreement
created the largest free trade area within the world at the time
500 million people 16 trillion $ worth of goods
most prez candidate denounce it
not protectionism, it’s free trade, so companies move factories and find cheaper labor across borders

Question 43

immigration policy

Answer 43

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Question 44

war on terror

Answer 44

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Question 45

nuclear proliferation

Answer 45

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