Chapter 16 terms

Question 1

public Policy

Answer 1

An intentional course of action or inaction followed by government in dealing with some problem or matter of concern

Question 2

Domestic Policy

Answer 2

A category of public policy that includes a broad and varied range of government programs affecting the lives of citizens within a country.

Question 3

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Answer 3

2010 legislation aimed at reducing the number of uninsured individuals and decreasing health care costs

Question 4

Greenhouse gases

Answer 4

gases in the atmosphere that lead to higher global temperatures.

Question 5

Global Warming

Answer 5

The increase in global temperatures due to carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil.

Question 6

Agenda

Answer 6

A set of issues to be discussed or given attention

Question 7

Systematic Agenda

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Government (institutional) agenda

Answer 8

problems to which public officials feel obligated to devote active and serious attention.

Question 9

Agenda Setting

Answer 9

The process of forming the list of issues to be addressed by government.

Question 10

Policy Formulation

Answer 10

The crafting of proposed courses of action to resolve public problems.

Question 11

Policy Adoption

Answer 11

The approval of a policy proposal by people with the requisite authority, such as legislature.

Question 12

Policy Implementation

Answer 12

The process of carrying out public policy

Question 13

Policy evaluation

Answer 13

The process of determining whether a course of action is achieving its intended goals.

Question 14

Medicare

Answer 14

The federal program established during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration that provides medical care to elderly Social Security recipients.

Question 15

Medicaid

Answer 15

A government program that subsidizes medical care for the poor.

Question 16

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

Answer 16

Education reform passed in 2002 that employs high standards and measurable goals as a method of improving american education.

Question 17

Vouchers

Answer 17

certificates issued by the government that may be applied toward the cost of attending private of other public schools.

Question 18

Charter Schools

Answer 18

Semi public schools that have open admission but may also receive private donations to increase the quality of education.

Question 19

Clean Air Act of 1970

Answer 19

The law that established national primary and secondary standards for air quality in the United States. A revised version was passed in 1990.

Question 20

Clean Water Act of 1972

Answer 20

The Act that created water quality standards to control pollution, including elimination of point source discharge of pollutants