PP 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Distributary
Document Summary
Public policy is a course of government action or inaction in response to a problem. Government decides what to do in response to problems through political conflict. Epa (environmental protection agency) regulation tells companies what to do: Protects human and environment health by creating and enforcing regulations based on congress laws. More than 85,000 governments that make public policy- these get into conflict with one another. Federal government distributes power between the federal government and state government. Sometimes judges favor federal government over state gov (and vice versa) Power is spread between separation of powers & checks and balances. Congress makes laws, but presidents can veto (check) Presidents nominate who could serve as justice on supreme court, but. Congress can vote on who he should pick. Of americans income is spent by govt. Range of views about how involved government should be involved in problems. Socialist: govt should be actively involved owning the means of production.
