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Chapter 17 Vocab Terms

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Social Welfare Policy   A government program designed to improve quality of life  
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Public Policy   An intentional course of action followed by government in dealing with some problem or matter of concern  
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Public Policy Process   Recognition, Agenda Setting, Formulation, Adoption, Budgeting, Implementation, Evaluation  
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Problem Recognition   Identification of an issue that disturbs the people and leads them to call for governmental intervention.  
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Agenda Setting   Government recognition that a problem is worthy of consideration for governmental intervention  
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Policy Formulation   Specific identification of alternative approaches to addressing the problem based on government’s agenda  
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Policy Adoption   The formal selection of public policies through legislative, executive, judicial, and bureaucratic means  
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Budgeting   the allocation of resources to provide for the proper implementation of public policies  
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Policy Implementation   the actual administration or application of public policies to their targets  
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Policy Evaluation   the determination of a policy’s accomplishments, consequences, or shortcomings  
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Agenda   A set of issues to be discussed or given attention  
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Systemic Agenda   All public issues that are viewed as requiring governmental attention; a discussion agenda  
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Governmental (Institutional) Agenda   The changing list of issues to which governments believe they should address themselves  
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Agenda Setting   The constant process of forming the list of issues to be addressed by government  
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Social Security Act   (1935) Law that established old-age insurance and assistance for the needy, children, and others, and unemployment insurance.  
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Non-means-based programs   Program like Social Security where benefits are provided irrespective of the income or means of the recipients  
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Means-Tested Programs   income security program that assist people with income below a certain level  
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Medicare   Federal program by LBJ that provides medical care to elderly social security recipients  
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Medicaid   An expansion of medicare. It subsidizes medical care for the poor.  
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