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| Moderate Senate tried to push for new illegal immigration legislation, but many opposed it and viewed it as amnesty. |
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| A specific course of action that government takes to address a problem |
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| The interaction of the people and their government, including citizens, interest groups, political parties, and the institutions of government at all levels. Politics is concerned with who gets what, when, where, and how from government |
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| A public policy such as Social Security that provides benefits to all groups in society |
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| A policy that provides to one group of society while taking away benefits for another through policy tools such as tax increases to pay for job training. |
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| Policy that takes away exactly as much in benefits as another group gains |
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| Counter-distributive Policy |
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| A policy that reduces benefits for all groups such as a tax increase in society, often by imposing rules that govern everyone. |
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| Name the three types of Public Policy |
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| Distributive, Redistributive, Counter-Distributive |
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| A decision not to move ahead with the policy process. In short, it is a decision not to decide |
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| Making Assumptions about the World |
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| Government starts with assumptions about the future, but since we can't predict the future, policy makers make choices that help sell their particular views of the world |
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| The agenda is a direct product of politics and reflects broad social goals embraced by the people and their government;these problems reach the possible agenda through different sources |
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| The list of issues that the federal government pays attention to |
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| A nongovernmental organization that seeks to influence public policy through research and education |
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| Just because a problem exists, doesn't meant that it will be solved. Public goes through an issue attention cycle where there is a pre-problem stage, alarmed, euphoric enthusiasm,realization that change incur significant cost, decline of public interest, and the post problem stage |
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| The movement of public opinion toward public policy from initial enthusiasm for action to realization of costs and a decline in interest |
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| Government can choose between launching incremental or comprehensive policy. These changes depend on alliances such as Iron Triangles and Issue Networks |
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| Small adjustments to existing public policies |
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| Punctuating or Comprehensive Policy |
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| Radical changes to public policy that occur only after the mobilization of large segments of society to demand action |
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| A policy making instrument composed of a tightly related alliance of a congressional committee, interest groups, and federal department of agency |
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| A policy-making instruments composed of loosely related interest groups, congressional committee, presidential aides, and other parties |
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| Policy Process in Different nations |
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| Great Britaint shaped by a bond between the administrative agencies of gov't and Parliament; Japan legislation originates in the administravit agencies; Mexican gov't place president incenter of key decisions; Nigeria has similar system to Japan; China's Communist party has most influence on decisions |
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| Federal Government Has Five Tools: spending money, using taxes to regulate economy, providing goods and services directly, provide protection against risk, or create standards and incentives. These tools are meant to produce material benefits for society |
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| A policy that encourages or discourages certain behavior by imposing a legally-binding rule. Rules are made thorugh a long process that begins with an act of Congress and ends with issuance of a final rule |
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| A precise statement of how a law is implemented |
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| Deciding Who Will Deliver the Goods or Services |
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| Because the Policy Agenda has continued to grow, Government is relying to other sources called "third-party government": private businesses, colleges and universities, state and local governments, and charitable organizations. |
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| Making Rules for Implementation |
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| 1946 Administrative Procedure Act made it more difficult to create rules; Process starts when a bill is passed and signed into law, Department of agency must tell the public in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register; Rules can violate orgininal legislative intent which then produces judicial action |
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| Implementation continues the day to day tasks among the federal department or agency, making rules, supervising contractors, and evaluating impact |
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| Equality is a 19th Century Topic. |
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| People should have the same rights regardless of Race or Gender |
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| 18th Century Idea of equality |
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| was equal rights for white, male , christian property owners |
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| Dred Scott decision of 1857 |
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| SC ruled that black people were not to be considered citizens of the US; Founders original intent was for black people to be subjugated by whites |
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| Makes Slavery Unconstitutional |
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| gives blacks the right to vote |
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| 3 clauses: African Americans are US/State citizens; no PERSON can be denied life,liberty,Property without due process; no person shall be denied equal protection under the law |
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| Louisiana ordered N.O. slaughterhouses to be licensed; Owners argued 14th amendment due process and equal protection violated; SC ruled states had right to discriminate if for health, safety, and welfare of the people and orginal intent of 14th was to protect former SLAVES |
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| Massacre of African Americans; Klan members tried in Federal Court and charged, but SC overturned: SC says federal gov't has no say in outlawing discrimination against citzens by other citizens; LOUISIANA can but FEDERAL GOVERNMENT can not |
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| 14th amendment clauses don't allow WOMEN to vote! (19th does) |
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| One of the first Voting Rights act. The SC upheld a decision that led to the state's freedom to disfranchise blacks |
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| Court held that the CRA of 1875 was unconstitutional and set the stage for Plessy v. Ferguson |
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| Plessy wanted to say that the Separate Car Act was unconstitutional, but SC ruled that it was "separate but equal". Did not destroy legal equality. |
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| Wanted to overturn Plessy; Attacked segregration through courts, streets, and congress |
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| Although there were Republican judges in the Federal courts, there was no guarantee that they would win.. |
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| Struck down the Grandfather Clause! |
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| Black student wanted to challenge state's segregation law; Hughes, SC justice said not equal if blacks have to go out of state while whites are in-state; violation of 14th amendment although upheld Plessy |
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| violated 14th by separating the student among the class, cafeteria, library, etc. |
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| Overturned Plessy; separate but equal is not attainable in any way possible; Sweat must be admitted into UT LaW SCHOOL |
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| civil rights actions in the streets patterned after ghandi; jfk used cold war to push desegregation |
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| snick and the two street acts |
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| freedom rides; lunch sit ins |
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| outlaws de jure segregation |
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| women could not start own divorced proceedings; states didnt allow women to go to school before |
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| seneca falls convention in 1848 |
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| called for liberation of divorce laws, girls to go school beyond gradschool and suffrage; US v. anthony made it so that constitutional amendment must be passed |
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| people that supported abolition movement supported women suffrage; abolition movement was led by quaker/religious movement |
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| Name the two important players in women rights |
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| Elizabeth Stanton and Susan b Anthony |
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| Name the two important players in women rights |
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| Elizabeth Stanton and Susan b Anthony |
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| Alcohol companies opposed letting women vote because of prohibition; this opposition was dropped |
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| hunger strikes, going to jail, chaining to white house, england women can vote! |
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| States among the west allowed woment to vote progression allowed 19th to be passed, EQUAL RIGHTS Amendment was passed by 2/3 or congress, but failed to be ratified by states :( |
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| Other important equal rights laws |
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| equal pay, equal credit opportunity act, Education amendments: allowed women to go to college |
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| Discrimination against women adversely effected men |
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| only women in nursing school, only women can file for alimony, women don't ahve to sign up for service; women can't fight! |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 |
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| Made Mex citizens US citizens |
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| was a civil rights activist; cofounded the united farm workers: helped gain improvements for union workers |
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| Fought for Anglos, then fought for Mexicans after being mistreated! |
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| single worst supported racial episode by US GOVT |
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| Mechanical QUOTA systems unconstitutional |
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| single worst supported racial episode by US GOVT |
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| aid for blind and needy, also to people who don't surpass poverty line after social security |
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| After 96, many welfare to work acts created |
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| tried to get welfare recipients off aid and go working; Dramatic 66% rate drop! |
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| lifted several families above poverty line, you get more money from uncle sam than you paid from taxes if poor enough |
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| where govt pay farmers more than mariet value for crops |
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