AP Gov Chapter 17 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Social Welfare Policy | A government program designed to improve quality of life |
| Public Policy | An intentional course of action followed by government in dealing with some problem or matter of concern |
| Public Policy Process | Recognition, Agenda Setting, Formulation, Adoption, Budgeting, Implementation, Evaluation |
| Problem Recognition | Identification of an issue that disturbs the people and leads them to call for governmental intervention. |
| Agenda Setting | Government recognition that a problem is worthy of consideration for governmental intervention |
| Policy Formulation | Specific identification of alternative approaches to addressing the problem based on government’s agenda |
| Policy Adoption | The formal selection of public policies through legislative, executive, judicial, and bureaucratic means |
| Budgeting | the allocation of resources to provide for the proper implementation of public policies |
| Policy Implementation | the actual administration or application of public policies to their targets |
| Policy Evaluation | the determination of a policy’s accomplishments, consequences, or shortcomings |
| Agenda | A set of issues to be discussed or given attention |
| Systemic Agenda | All public issues that are viewed as requiring governmental attention; a discussion agenda |
| Governmental (Institutional) Agenda | The changing list of issues to which governments believe they should address themselves |
| Agenda Setting | The constant process of forming the list of issues to be addressed by government |
| Social Security Act | (1935) Law that established old-age insurance and assistance for the needy, children, and others, and unemployment insurance. |
| Non-means-based programs | Program like Social Security where benefits are provided irrespective of the income or means of the recipients |
| Means-Tested Programs | income security program that assist people with income below a certain level |
| Medicare | Federal program by LBJ that provides medical care to elderly social security recipients |
| Medicaid | An expansion of medicare. It subsidizes medical care for the poor. |
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