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Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
- Inability to tax or exact policy
- More a bunch of different countries with an international front than a country as a whole.
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How did the American Industrial Revolution affect public policy?
Industrialization and urbanization led to the proliferation of new public problems such as waste management, water, labor issues, industry regulation, health and safety issues FDA etc. Concentrations of people and the new economic landscape were starkly different than the issues in rural America that could be handled at the town and village level.
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What is the environment? How can it influence the policy process?
- Structural Environment - How the government is structured creates the environment from which to work off of to make policy.
- Social Environment - Aging population, race and ethnicity, gender and labor force, retirement, social security, healthcar, immigration,
- Economic Environment - economic indicators can identify what is happening with the economy and how the public might be affected
- Political Environment - Media coverage, polling data, national mood (how we feel about gov handling of public problems) Presidential and Congressional approval, legitimacy of government.
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