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Unit 7 Public Policy

Learning Objectives

  1. How are policy agendas formed? Include of interactions and dynamics among actors, interests, institutions, and processes in the discussion.
  2. Trace the enactment of public policies by Congress and the president
  3. Discuss the implementation and interpretation of policies by the bureaucracy.
  4. Discuss the implementation and interpretation of policies by the courts in the policy process.
  5. Investigate and describe policy networks and issue networks in at least three domestic policy areas.
  6. Investigate and describe policy networks and issue networks in at least three foreign policy areas.
  7. Identify and describe the impact of federalism on policy processes and policymaking in the federal context. 
  8. Identify and describe the impact of interest groups on policy processes and policymaking in the federal context. 
  9. Identify and describe the impact of political parties on policy processes and policymaking in the federal context. 
  10. Identify and describe the impact of elections on policy processes and policymaking in the federal context. 

Public Policy in the News

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Activities & Handouts

Early 2016 Candidate Ads videos
Early 2016 Candidate Ads chart
Intro to Public Policy Discussion PPT
Budget Simulation Activity
Public Policy Infographic Assignment
Public Policy Infographic & Preso Rubric

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