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Public Policy AP Government and Politics Unit Ten  What is Public Policy? Definition #1 Public policy is the result of interactions and dynamics among actors, interests, institutions, and processes. Definition #2 The formation of policy agendas, the enactment of public policies by Congress and the President, and the implementation and interpretation of policies by the bureaucracy and the courts, are all stages in the policy process. More Defs… Definition #3 Whatever the government chooses to do or not to do. Such a definition covers government action, inaction, decisions and non-decisions as it implies a very deliberate choice between alternatives. Definition #4 A governments course of action that guides present and future decisions. Finally… Definition #5 Government responses to public issues Definition #6 Public Policy examines the process by which governments make public decisions. Definition #7 Public policy also includes policy networks, iron triangles, and other forms of policy sub-governments in the domestic and foreign policy areas. Public Policy One of government’s primary roles is to make public policy that will solve society’s problems. In the United States all three branches of government and the bureaucracy make policy. Many other organizations try to influence government decisions and programs, including special interest groups, research institutes, corporations, state and local governments, as well as individual citizens So…What Does it All Mean?? The study of public policy gives a clear understanding of the impact of: Federalism Interest groups Political parties and elections on policy processes and policy-making in the federal context. What does policy-making mean in a federal system? 1.?? The national government passes laws, enacts regulations, and rules on cases. 2. Local and state governments also pass laws, enact regulation, and rule on cases. These may NOT overstep action taken by the federal government. How is Public Polic