Test #3 Flashcards

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Refine public policy

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Any decision or action by a govemmental authority that results in the allocation of something that is valued

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Tripes of public policy are

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Functional

Objective. - distributive, redistributed regulatory extractive, symbolic

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What, the process of public policy decision making?

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Problem identification

Problem definition

Specification of alternate response s

Policy selection and enactment

Policy implementation

Public evaluation

Policy continuations /modifications, termination

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Policy prescription

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Advocates propose that public policies should be adapted and how they should be implemented

Actors can you be influenced by studies analysis or some agent of political socialization

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Name the three ideal types that explain public policy decision making

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Elite approach ,class approach and pluralist approach

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Elite approach

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Key characteristics: politics characterized by political stratification, political elite run it, the mass second

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According to US: c. Wright Mills who are the elites?

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Warlords

Corporation chieftans

Political directorate

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Elite approach the ruling elite do what

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Rich people in power making policies

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What does the under structure/government do in the elite approach

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They are the puppets of the elite that do with the elites say used as disguise

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What’s the role of the mass of elite approach

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Regular people that are apathetic/Basically don’t care this approach is common in non-democratic countries

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Are the key characteristics of the class approach

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Shares concept of stratification like the Eli approach

Identifies classes as well

However there is evidence of class conflict

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Explain the diagram of the two different characterizations of the class approach

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Pluralist approach

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Pluralism involves multiple groups that compete actively for political interests

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In the pluralist approach many different political resources may influence what what

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Policy decision makers by many number of supporters political skill and status

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What is the step process of the policymaking Pluralist approach

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Number one establish rules of the game for the group struggle

Number to determine the interest of competing groups in the levels of political resources mobilized by those groups

Number three find a public policy that Approximately balances the positions of all active groups in terms of interest and resources

Number for an act these balance points as public policy decisions

Number five implement the resulting policy

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The downfall of the pluralist approach

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Pluralism rejects idea that small elite or single class dominates public policy process

Some groups are likely to win every time

Money trumps all other resources

Government not neutral but guided by strong ideology

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Similarities and differences of elite in class approach

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Similarities: Stratification and government controlled by dominant groups

Differences: Concepts of groups and interactions

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Note that pluralism is fundamentally different than the elite in class know what reasons why

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It rejects social stratification government relatively neutral referee and why dispersion of power resources and benefit

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Ellie in class approach have a blank view of society

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Coercive

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Pluralism has a blank view of society

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Integrative

21
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What characterizes higher development

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Economic development social development knowledge urban lifestyle health communication capabilities

Technological organizational and attitudinal

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No the theories behind Add behind concepts of development

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Marx

Max Weber

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What are the seven attitudinal traits of a modern person

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Individual levels of attitudes and change focus on sociological physical characteristics emergence of civil society tolerance of differences of opinions behavior since I’ve shared identity with others
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Taxonomy of states

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Economic development
Social development

Knowledge

Urban life

Health

Communication capabilities

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Dynamics of economic development are

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Statism state capitalism neoliberalism development state approach

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Statism

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State senate strategy for facilitating economic development the status approach emphasizes importance of strong stay action to support guide and production and distribution of goods by political economy the state is the one that basically takes control of economics

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State capitalism

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A political economy in which the leaders of political system assert extensive control over who is allowed to compete in key sectors of the economy in which the primary goal of the economy is to serve state power

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Neoliberalism

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An approach to economic development that emphasizes a reliance on a local and global free market that is guided by entrepreneurs who shape decisions about the production and distribution of goods the state plays a minimal role in political economy and public spending is focused on infrastructure support rather than welfare distribution

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Developmental state approach

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The developmental state hybrid blends an emphasis on a private, market-based system of firms with a state that actively intervenes to promote and protect the country’s firms in the global economy.

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Dependency approach

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It is a claim that an economic and political hierarchy exist in which many actors take it vantage of those with less power and resources at the top are the most developed countries and the poor people in the villages of developing countries are at the bottom these are the people that are being taken advantage of so when’s they’re under control of the higher power they become dependent and rely upon the countries that have taken control of them

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Gabriel almonds capabilities analysis emphasizes what?

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The state’s control of environment

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Democratization

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Changes that deepen and consolidate democratic processes

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Reasons for democratization

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Realism

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States naturally disposed to base behavior on self interest and core interest is survival

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Neorealism

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States capacity to survive can b based other forms of power like economic knowlesdlge ‘diplomatic

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Liberalism

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’ Each state marks decisions basedon own mix of principles to encourage coop

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Neoliberalism

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Focuses on how international system impacts behavior of states

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Construchvism

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Recognize that eachstate and keyactors who influence states actions develop unique understanding of relevant events based on particular knowledge experiences, norms, habits

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Feminist IR.

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Analyzes topics from frames of reference and assumptions of seminst theory and gender studies

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Geopolitics

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Geoprapny of a state and natural and bump resources might significantly affect internal and external politics of state

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Globalization

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’ Increase integration of diverse economic social cultural military and environmental phenomena by means of dense networks of action and info that rapidly spanvast distances around world

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Competitions in globalizing world

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-1 military power

  1. Intense economic competition could split country’s that here allies during Cold War
  2. Statecenteredsov.sustems evolving to one where transnational entities are extremely important

Economic, social and cuithral, military , environment