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What Is Public Policy?
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain the concept of public policy Discuss examples of public policy in action It is easy to imagine that when designers engineer a product, like a car, they do so with the intent of satisfying the consumer. But the design of any Read more »
Bureaucracy and the Evolution of Public Administration
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Define bureaucracy and bureaucrat Describe the evolution and growth of public administration in the United States Identify the reasons people undertake civil service Throughout history, both small and large nations have elevated certain types of nonelected workers to positions of relative power Read more »
The Public Presidency
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain how technological innovations have empowered presidents Identify ways in which presidents appeal to the public for approval Explain how the role of first ladies changed over the course of the twentieth century With the advent of motion picture newsreels and voice Read more »
The Effects of Public Opinion
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain the circumstances that lead to public opinion affecting policy Compare the effects of public opinion on government branches and figures Identify situations that cause conflicts in public opinion Public opinion polling is prevalent even outside election season. Are politicians and leaders Read more »
What Does the Public Think?
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain why Americans hold a variety of views about politics, policy issues, and political institutions Identify factors that change public opinion Compare levels of public support for the branches of government While attitudes and beliefs are slow to change, ideology can be Read more »
How Is Public Opinion Measured?
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain how information about public opinion is gathered Identify common ways to measure and quantify public opinion Analyze polls to determine whether they accurately measure a population’s opinions Polling has changed over the years. The first opinion poll was taken in 1824; Read more »
The Nature of Public Opinion
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Define public opinion and political socialization Explain the process and role of political socialization in the U.S. political system Compare the ways in which citizens learn political information Explain how beliefs and ideology affect the formation of public opinion The collection of Read more »
Preface
Welcome to American Government 2e, an OpenStax resource. This textbook was written to increase student access to high-quality learning materials, maintaining highest standards of academic rigor at little to no cost. *This textbook also includes small modifications by Lumen Learning and includes Crash Course U.S. Government and Politics videos. James R. Paradiso from the University of Read more »
Chapter 11 Review
CHAPTER SUMMARY 11.1 The Institutional Design of Congress The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation convinced the member states to send delegates to a new convention to revise them. What emerged from the debates and compromises of the convention was instead a new and stronger constitution. The Constitution established a bicameral legislature, with a Senate Read more »