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| 691030978 | Americans with Disabilities Act | federal law designed to end discrimination against people with disabilities and eliminate barriers to their full participation in American society | |
| 691030979 | government | institution with authority to set policy for society | |
| 691030980 | politics | the process to determine who occupies the roles of leadership in gov't and how the power of gov't shall be exercised | |
| 691030981 | public policy | what gov't officials choose to do or not to do about public problems. EX: ADA | |
| 691030982 | policymaking process | logical sequence of activities affecting the development of public policies | |
| 691030983 | agenda setting | the process through which problems become matters of public concern and gov't action. Ex: recognizing discrimination against certain ppl | |
| 691030984 | policy formulation | development of strategies for dealing with problems on the official agenda. Ex: Congress and advocate groups negotiating | |
| 691030985 | policy adoption | official decision of a gov't body to accept a particular policy and put it into effect. Ex: ADA through the legislative process | |
| 691030986 | policy legitimation | the actions taken to ensure that most citizens regard a policy as a legal/appropriate gov't response to a problem. Ex: most people accept it | |
| 691030987 | policy implementation | the stage in which policies are carried out. Ex: everyone participates in carrying out the bill | |
| 691030988 | policy evaluation | the assessment of policy. Ex: studies, is it working? | |
| 691030989 | policy change | the modification of policy goals in light of new info. Ex: tweaking an unsuccessful policy |
