What future challenges does the United States face in providing for its citizens' health, education, and welfare? How can citizens influence social policy to help to meet these challenges?

Answer:


An ideal response will:
1. Identify that there are huge costs involved in social policy programs, that spending for human resource programs has doubled since 1950, and that the interest on the national debt is rapidly increasing, which leaves less money for these programs.
2. Discuss the major health care challenges: containing costs in the face of rising health care costs and expanding coverage as the Affordable Care Act is implemented.
3. Describe challenges in education, including reevaluating programs with difficulties such as Head Start and No Child Left Behind; meeting the expectation that schools will not just educate but will also provide basic nutrition, medical and psychological assistance, and socialization; and improving access to higher education.
4. Detail challenges in the area of crime control, such as dealing with terrorism and increasing violence in neighborhoods.
5. Note ways that citizens can become involved in meeting social policy challenges: joining interest groups that represent low-income Americans; writing letters to members of Congress regarding significant legislation; and volunteering for programs designed to help the needy.

Political Science

You might also like to view...

Which of the following is NOT true of interstate compacts generally?

A. They apply across all 50 states. B.They help build consensus among the states. C.Congressional consent is typically not required for them. D.Many have to do with conservation of natural resources.

Political Science

Organizations that nominate and support candidates for elected offices are called ______.

a. interest groups b. co-ops c. NGOs d. political parties

Political Science

According to the original wording of the Constitution, slavery was ______.

a. restricted and regulated b. unrestricted until at least 1808 c. considered a basic property right d. not directly addressed

Political Science

A characteristic of Scandinavian nations is:

a. support for state ownership of business. b. a lack of an entrepreneurial spirit and risk-taking c. low labor participation rates and standards of living d. a relatively high percent of public employees in the labor force.

Political Science