25 October
Public Policy
Completing the discussion of
Health, Welfare and Education Policy
Administrative Items for Class
Oral Presentation
Announcements?
Policy Analysis DUE on Wednesday - Questions?
Second Exam Next Monday!!
What is "New & Groovy in Public Policy?"
THE PUBLIC POLICY TOOLKIT
Definitions - What is public policy?
Contexts - What information is needed when making policy?
Models - What are specific ways to analyze policy making?
Federalism - Recognizing Levels of Gov't & Tools Used
Variables - Cause (IND) and Effect (DEP)
Process - Stages of Public Policy
Data Conclusions "Filling In Gaps" and Policy Consistency
Policymaker Types and Lowi
Policy Actor Issues to Health and Welfare Policy
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PLS 232 – Public Policy Sample Lowi Questions and Policy Actors
1.
The British Social Welfare system Good Starts.____________
2. Burger King recalling (ON ITS OWN) the child toys in its Kids Meals because of a choking hazard. __________________
3. Burger Kings being forced to recall the toys by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). ______________
4.
State of Tennessee funding to build the extension to Interstate 140 into the
Smoky Mountains, connecting onto 321 between Maryville and Walland, TN. ___
5.
US Congressional
funding of school aid to rural Tennessee.
_____________________
6. The US Social Security system. ____________________________
7. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) code of ethics for instructors in higher education._______
President Bush signs into law the Corporate Tax Credit bill, and consults with the Secretary of the Treasury about the revenue implications of this bill, and then speaks with reporters from CNN and FOX News on the campaign trail in Ohio about how this bill will impact the election.
8. Official Primary _____________
9. Official Supplementary ______________
10. Unofficial __________________________
WHAT KIND OF ACTORS ARE THESE INSTITUTIONS?
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POLICY ACTORS Official Primary and Supplementary Unofficial
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LOWI's
Policy Types:
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Strong Private Sector Orientation in Health Care = PRIVATE
Public/Gov't Involvement = hyBRID
PRIV-BRID
Medicaid
Medicare
SSI
Social
Security
Elderly Politics - AARP
Unemployment
What do the poor need - Resources or Opportunities?
Reform
1996 – FEDERALISM
WRIT LARGE!
Actors in the "Health Policy Subgovernment" Official? Unofficial?
valuating
Health Care
HOW DOES A NATION
EVALUATE GOOD HEALTH CARE?
FIND A HEALTH POLICY ACTOR'S WEB SITE...
HMO
Who are some Health Policy Subsystem (PRIV-BRID) Actors?
Linking Health with Welfare
POLICIES RARELY/NEVER EXIST
SEPARATE FROM OTHER POLICIES
First - More Priv-Brid from Churches and Family to Gov't involvement
Second - How do you define "in need?" Poor? Bad Luck? Race or Gender?
Third - If the latter - then the rights issues from earlier get involved
Old/Continuing minorities - African American
New Minorities - Women, Children, Sexual Orientation, Disability
Health Data-Healthlinks
WELFARE
Poverty in America
Who
are the Poor?
Feminization of Poverty and Child Poverty
Complexities in Data
Old v. New
Elites and Masses
New players - Women's Health - A subset of gender equality...
GENDER EQUALITY
“Equality
of Rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or
by any state on account of sex.”
Rights and
Economics
Work Force and
the Earnings Gap ($0.76 v. $1.00)
not direct but cultural
“White”
“Pink” and “Blue” collar jobs…REALLY?
THE GLASS
CEILING and COMPARABLE WORTH
ABORTION
1965
- Griswold v. CT
1971
- Roe v. Wade
1989
- Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
1992 - Planned
Parenthood of PA v. Casey
Tuesday - Partial Birth Abortion Ban Legitimated in Senate - Prez Bush to sign
Sexual Harassment - Acts or a "hostile work environment"
HISTORY
Local Control of Education
Increasing Federalism Issues (State and National Govt)
INCREASING COMPLEXITY as culture demands greater amount of and access to education 3Rs ----K-16 and beyond (Grade 24)
Actors
Parents/Citizens
Teachers/Professional
Educators
Teachers’
Unions
Voters
and Taxpayers
School
Boards
Racial
and Religious Groups
Federalism
and Government
National
(Dept of Educ)
State Educ Departments
Local Governments -
Others
Increasing Economic, Ideological and Cultural Context burden system
The Whole Student
Funding complex education goals.
Financing
Local and Property Tax Based v. Income Tax or other revenue streams
ISSUES
The
culture of Education (and Educators) in America…(v. Japan)
Testing
and Scoring – Grade School Tracking through to the SAT
Teaching Values in Education
Religion
in Schools – Separation of Church and State…or?
Establishment
Clause in First Amendment
Lemon
Test
Race
in Schools
Teacher
Competency – Standards and Pay
Attendance
in Schools
International
Comparisons
School
Choices (Type and Payment)
Ø
TYPE
o
Charter
o
Magnet
o
Private/Parochial
o
Montessori
Ø
PAYMENT
o
Vouchers
o
Revenue –Sharing