Chapter 18 Power Point

Chapter Learning Outcomes:

18.1 Government Purposes and Public Policies

Categorize different types of public policies and outline the process by which policies are formulated and implemented.

18.2 The Development of the American Welfare State

Trace the evolution of social welfare programs as a central element of public policy in the United States.

18.3 Social Security

Describe the origins and evolution of Social Security as well as the funding and benefit issues facing the program.

18.4 Public Assistance

Explain how poverty is defined and trace the evolution of public assistance programs designed to address it.

18.5 Health Care

Differentiate among Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 and explain how each program addresses the issues of health-care delivery.

18.6 Elementary and Secondary Education

Describe the role of the federal government in shaping education policy at the state and local government levels.

18.7 Immigration

Assess alternative policies for addressing illegal immigration into the United States.

18.8 Beneﬁts and Fairness

Explain how the issue of fairness shapes perspectives on government benefits.

Course Outline:

I. Government Purposes and Public Policies
A. The Policymaking Process
B. Types of Policies
C. Public Policy Tools
D. A Policymaking Model
E. Fragmentation, Coordination, and Issue Networks
II. The Development of the American Welfare State
A. The Great Depression and the New Deal
B. The Great Society
C. Retrenchment and Reform
III. Social Security
A. Origins of Social Security
B. How Social Security Works
C. Social Security Reform
IV. Public Assistance
A. Poverty in the United States
B. Welfare Reform
V. Health Care
A. Cost and Access
B. Medicare
C. Medicaid
D. Health-Care Reform: The Affordable Care Act
VI. Elementary and Secondary Education
A. Concerns Motivating Change
B. Values and Reform
VII. Immigration
VIII. Benefits and Fairness

Chapter 18 Power Point

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