Chapter 17
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Public Policy | An international course of action followed by government in dealing w/ some problem or matter of concern. |
| 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. |
| Policy information | The crafting of appropriate and acceptable proposed courses of action to ameliorate or resolve public problems. |
| Policy adoption | The approval of policy proposed by the people with the requisite authority such as legislature. |
| Policy implementation | The process of carrying our public policy through governmental agencies and the courts. |
| Policy evaluation | The process of determine whether a course of action is achieving its intended goals. |
| Social Security Act | A 1935 law that established old age insurance (Social Security) and assistance for needy, children, and others, and unemployment insurance. |
| Non-means based program | Program such as Social Security Where benefits are provided irrespective of the income or mean of recipients. |
| Means-tested Program | Income security program intended to assist those whose incomes fall below a designated level. |
| Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance | This program began as old-age insurance, providing benefits only to retired workers. |
| Unemployment Insurance | Unemployment insurance is financed by a payroll tax paid by employers. The program pays benefits to workers who are covered by the government plan and are unemployed through no fault of their own. |
| Supplemental Security Income | This program began under the social Security Act as a granted-in-aid program to help the needy aged or blind. |
| Family and Child Support | Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC), the predecessors to the Temporary Assistance of Needy Families (TANF) program. |
| Entitlement Program | income security program to which all those meeting eligibility criteria are entitled. |
| Medicare | The federal program established in the Lyndon B. Johnson administration that provides medical care to elderly Social Security recipients. |
| Medicaid | An expansion of medicare, this program subsidizes medical care for the poor. |
| Clean Air Act of 1970 | The Law that established the primary standards for air quality in the United States. A revised version was passed in 1990. |
| Global Warming | The increase in global temperatures due to carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels such as coal. |
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