10:833:210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Branch House, Military Intelligence

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Public Policy
• Course: 10:833:210
• Professor: Marci Berger

Document Summary

Lecture 2 - role of government: the challenges of policymaking; nuts and bolts of how it. Works: conflict as part of the policy process. Founding fathers, make actions on public policies difficult: conflict. Our institutional structure developed from the political values of our founding fathers who believed it was more important to maintain individual freedoms than to create a powerful government. Morone reading: debate is a positive factor in our policy process. It is how we argue over and create good principles and policies. Groups of individuals organized for purpose of electing candidates for public office. Members share certain ideologies and positions on issues and / or public policies. Republicans (conservative) (cid:862)t(cid:396)aditio(cid:374)al(cid:863) values (cid:862)i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual(cid:863) rights a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idualis(cid:373) Party platforms - set out priorities and positions on issues held by that party: checks and balances. Gridlock threat even within same party. Members motivated by a number of things, including reelection. Does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake la(cid:449)s (cid:271)ut sets age(cid:374)da, poli(cid:272)y i(cid:374)put a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)ple(cid:373)e(cid:374)tatio(cid:374)