Identify and describe the three main types of public policies, providing one example of each

What will be an ideal response?


An ideal response will:
1, Identify and define distribution as the government's provision of things of value to specific groups; one example might be the distribution of public funds to help construct a school.
2, Identify and define regulation as the creation of legal rules by government agencies based on authority delegated by the legislature; one example might be the regulation of the pharmaceutical industry.
3, Identify and define redistribution as the government's reassigning resources from one part of society to another; one example of redistribution is Social Security benefits.
4, Note that all three policies have financial implications.

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Private, usually issue-oriented, groups that perform public services and work to shape public policy are known as __________ organizations

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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According to the text, covert operations raise which of the following ethical and democratic challenges for American society?

a. Whether covert operations are consistent with a democratic society b. Whether covert operations are consistent with ethical standards of American society c. Whether covert operations use the ends of policy to justify the means d. All of the above are true. e. Both options A and B are true.

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