Pols 207 stuvia Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Know which level of government is responsible for which different policies. - Answer State and local governments focus on key policy areas such as education, health and welfare, transportation, public safety and taxation. What is policy conservatism? - Answer A state's tendency to limit the welfare benefits, deregulate business, keep taxes low, and generally place less reliance on government and more reliance on individuals and the marketplace to achieve social goals What is policy libera...

Policymaking System - Answer 1. Begins & ends w/ the people 2. Linkage Institutions 3. Policymaking Institutions 4. Policies 5. Policy Implementation 6. People TX Facts - Answer 1. Diverse due to pop. 2. Education not bigger (taxes not bigger) 3. Most uninsured per capita 4. 2nd most pop. state Policymaking is - Answer constant regardless of if legislature system is in session or not (140 days). Congress is not meeting, but they are voting on things Republic of Representa...