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PUP 420 3 STU DY GUID E WIT H COM PLETE SOL UTI ON Cost effectiveness (the result of public policy is diverse and hard to place money on) - ANSWER •Benefits expressed in substantive terms •Costs expressed in monetary terms •Example: how much did the policy cost per life saved? What do we mean by power? - ANSWER A exercises power over B, to the extent that A can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do deontological values - ANSWER Something that one must do regardless of the consequences. It is done because it is the moral thing to do. Deep Ecology - ANSWER Considers the right and values of every living thing on earth teleological values - ANSWER Goodness or badness of an action depends on the outcome of such action assessing environmental laws - ANSWER Effectiveness, efficiency, equity, individual liberty, feasibility, sustainability Effectiveness - ANSWER We want a policy that meets a specific goal. We evaluate if it effectively meets the goal. Efficiency - ANSWER A policy brings about the most cost-effective result. For example: Do we clean the air in a cost- effective manner? Equity - ANSWER How equally goods are allocated in society. Whether the distribution of costs and benefits are equal. Sustainability - ANSWER Ensuring policy remains effective Administrative/ political feasibility - ANSWER Need a law that is long-lasting as possible When did public policy start to exist? - ANSWER Early 20th century Incrementalism - ANSWER Small changes in policy over long periods of time; usually in reference to budget-making --that the best indicator of this year's budget is last year's budget plus a small increase punctuated equilibrium - ANSWER political scientists implemented for the way we think about political changes. Most times policy is slow moving, incremental marginal change. Silent Spring - ANSWER A book written to voice the concerns of environmentalists. Launched the environmentalist movement by pointing out the effects of civilization development. Policy Process Model - ANSWER a way of thinking about how policy is made in terms of steps in a progression Policy Process Model - ANSWER agenda setting, policy formulation, policy legitimation, policy implementation, impact and reformulation, policy change, termination agenda setting - ANSWER Determining which public-policy questions will be debated or considered. policy formulation - ANSWER the stage of the policymaking process during which formal proposals are developed and adopted policy legitimation - ANSWER Step in the policy process that gives legal force to decisions or authorizes or justifies policy action. policy implementation - ANSWER Policy goes through executive branch to place intro effect impact and reformulation - ANSWER analysis of a public policy so as to determine how well it is working Termination - ANSWER If policy fails we get rid of it agenda setting - ANSWER process of agenda setting - ANSWER 1. Problems: Understand that there is a problem - We need a scientific basis to know how important a problem is - Focusing events:: something big that grasps the public attention - Media and issue framing: The problem we gathered through scientific understanding and how it is presented through media's perception 2. Politics ( right that we can do something about it) - Public opinion - Interest Group Politics- there has to be a stable coalition of interest gr oup that favors an approach to solve a problem. 3. Policies: Agreement that there is some policy solution to fix problem (Small window to solve problem) confirmation bias - ANSWER a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence nonsequitur - ANSWER an argument that has nothing to do with the scientific information being presented Post-materialism - ANSWER idea that once basic material needs are met you begin to turn to luxury. US vs. Uganda interest groups politics - ANSWER a situation where the consequences of a policy have costs for a small segment of a society environmental groups - ANSWER Env. groups not homogenous a. All environemental groups have different missions and approaches b. Eg. Sierra Club (Non-profit organization) : cannot donate to campaigns. No lobbying. business groups - ANSWER a set of firms that, though legally independent, are bound together by a constellation of formal and informal ties and are accustomed to taking coordinated action Separation of Powers - ANSWER no one has the ability to unilaterally make laws Regulatory Federalism - ANSWER A system in which the national government sets requirements that are then implemented by state and local governments. Environmental Law - ANSWER A field of law concerning the conservation and use of natural resources and the control of pollution Chevron Deference - ANSWER a principle of administrative law requiring courts to defer to interpretations of statutes made by those government agencies charged with enforcing them, unless such interpretations areThe benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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