POLI 101 Lecture : Wikipedia--policy excerpts.pdf
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Note: this is a collection of article excerpts from wikipedia and a few other sources on different aspects of public policy in the us. I have edited out some of the mechanical features (table of contents, links to the editing function, and the like), and omitted unneeded passages. The purpose of reading this material is simply to provide some concrete examples of important policies and programs in the united states, so that our discussions do not seem so abstract. There are a lot of details (for example, numbers). Except where otherwise noted, all material is quoted directly from wikipedia. The welfare system in the united states began in the 1930s, during the great depression. After the great society legislation of the 1960s, for the first time a person who was not elderly or disabled could receive aid from the american government.
