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Public Policy quiz 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| policy | what gov chooses to do or not do abt different issues facing its jurisdiction |
| stages of public policymaking | issue emergence, agenda setting, policy formulation, decision making, policy implementation, policy evaluation |
| issue emergence | problem in politics, society, economy, warranting gov attention |
| agenda setting | problem identified and gets attention of policymakers |
| policy formulation | those w/ stake in policy propose and develop solutions |
| decision making | gov passes law authorizing specific gov response to problem |
| policy implementation | executive branch develops rules to put policy into action |
| policy evaluation | policy evaluated for effectiveness and efficiency; sometimes leads back to beginning of policy making (issue emergence) |
| stages of policymaking example - gun control | IE: Uvalde shooting; AS: lobby for fed reg.; PF: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; DM: Congress pass; PI: Biden pass; PE: effect? |
| policy diffusion | process by which an innovation is communicated thru certain channels over time among members of social system |
| innovation | program new to the gov adapting it (not necessarily revolutionary) |
| internal determinants | factors leading a jurisdiction to innovate are political, economic, or social characteristics internal to jurisdiction |
| types of policy diffusion (reasons why policy is diffused) | learning, imitation, normative pressures, competition, coercion |
| learning | when policymakers in 1 jurisdiction derives info from another about effectiveness/success |
| success in learning | achieving policy goals and/or winning reelection; different depending on state (e.g. liberal vs conservative policies/states) |
| imitation | gov adopts policy to "look like" another state; quicker than learning; often ideologically similar states |
| normative pressures | policy being widely adopted by other govs bc of shared norms; more common with social policies (e.g. gay marriage) |
| competition | gov decision abt whether to adopt policy motivated by desire of officials to achieve economic advantage or prevent others' gains |
| example of competition | Delaware has low state taxes, makes it more attractive to live there vs NJ |
| coercion | more powerful gov (e.g. fed) takes action that increases other gov's incentive to adopt or forces; can be fed to state etc |
| example of coercion | gov said to states they had to increase legal drinking age to 21 by 1985 or they'd reduce funding for highways by 10% |
| example of policy diffusion | legalizing marijuana, state by state basis and differing regulations (e.g. taxes, number of plants that can be owned) |
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