Policy Making System
With whom the issues, problems, concerns and interests that initiate the policy making system begins.
What is the people?
The theory that groups within government are willing to negotiate and compromise to meet the needs of the people.
What is the pluralist theory?
John Locke wrote of natural rights and human law. He believed that there were certain unalienable rights which could not be denied to any person. Among these were life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Which foundational document reflects the thinking of John Locke.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Articles I, II and III of the Constitution establish these.
What are the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government?
This system of government shares power between two or more levels of government that govern a shared land area and/or group of people.
What is federalism?
The media, elections, parties, interest groups make up this key component of the policy making system.
What are linkage institutions?
This theory explains that the power lies with those who own the wealth (which is 1% of the population).
What is elitist and class theory?
This document failed to help the newly formed nation thrive due to its restrictions on a strong national government. Instead, power resided with the states to meet the needs of its citizens.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
This portion of the Constitution was added as a means to appease the Anti-Federalists who feared an absence of individual rights within the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This system of government centralizes power in one national government. Typically seen in nations with fascist, socialist, or monarchical governments.
What is unitary?
Political issues end up here as they pass from the people into the government.
What is the policy agenda?
This theory explains that there are so many groups within the government that nothing is easily accomplished. Failure to negotiate and a lack of willingness to compromise is found here.
What is hyperpluralism?
This document is comprised of 6 articles and 27 amendments. It was written in response to the failed Articles of Confederation and established a strong national government and strong state governments.
What is the Constitution?
The first amendment includes foundational rights of citizens beyond the natural rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
What is freedom of speech, press, petition, assembly and religion?
This system of government leaves most power to individual states or regions from which the national government would receive power.
What is a confederation?
The legislature, executive, courts and bureaucracy create this component of the policy making system.
What are policy making institutions?
This is when an act of Congress is stopped or stalled within the policy making system. Typically a result of a failure to negotiate or compromise.
What is policy gridlock?
The collection of letters written by John Jay, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton to the citizens of New York supporting the ratification of the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
These two amendments from the Bill of Rights protect citizens from illegal search and seizure and self incrimination.
What are the fourth and fifth amendments?
The clause within the Constitution that states the following are supreme: The Constitution, Laws of Congress, and Treaties.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This is what happens after policy is put in place within the policy making system in relation to the people.
What is policy impact?
During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a relief stimulus bill was pushed through Congress and signed into law. The resulting payments to most Americans in the amount of $1200 reflects which theory of government.
Using a pen name, the Federalist papers were not published by John Jay, James Madison or Alexander Hamilton. Rather this guy.
What is publius?
This amendment was written to afford citizens protections against things that were not explicit within the Constitution. Today, these things include equal opportunity employment, education, and housing to name a few.
What is the ninth amendment?
This amendment ensures that anything that is not covered by the Constitution is left to the states to decide.
What is the tenth amendment?