Federalism and Public Policy
2305: Chapter 15: Economic Policy
2306: Chapter 12: Local Government
2305: Economic Policy
- focusing event
- public policy
- economic policy
- market economies
- establishing law and order
- defining rules of property
- defining rules of exchange
- enforcing contracts
- setting market standards
- providing public goods
- creating a labor force
- promoting competition
- monopolies
- marker failures
- collective responses
- externalities
- inequality and unemployment
- economic efficiency and low inflation
- managing the economy
- federal relief
- work programs
- investments
- economic conditions
- electoral politics
- promoting stable markets
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- economic prosperity
- measuring economic growth
- gross domestic product
- full employment
- low inflation
- promoting business development
- protecting employees
- protecting consumers
- National Labor Relations Act
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- monetary policy
- federal reserve system
- reserve requirement
- open market operations
- federal funds rate
- fiscal policy
- budget deficit
- national debt
- taxation
- tariff
- progressive tax
- redistribution
- regressive tax
- tax expenditures
- mandatory spending
- discretionary spending
- budget process
- anti trust policy
- consumer protection
- deregulation
- subsidies
- contracting policy
2306: Chapter 12: Local Government
- preemption
- Dillon's Rule
- ordinances
- municipalities
- county government
- unincorporated areas
- county judge
- county commissioner
- county sheriff
- county prosecutor
- county administrators
- county finance officials
- city governments
- home rule cities
- general law cities
- city charters
- initiative
- referendum
- recall
- annexation
- mayor-council system
- commission form
- council-manager system
- city manager
- special district
- school district
- special improvement districts
- municipal bonds
- community college districts
- library districts
- municipal utility districts
- hospital districts
- homeowners association
- county elections
- city elections
- nonpartisan elections
- minority representation
- place system
- single member districts
- low turnout
- voting
- corruption
- TIRZ
- debt
- councils of government
- sprawl
- zoning
- workforce
- pensions
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- Public Finance and Public Policy.
- - Wikipedia: Government Revenue.
- - Wikipedia: Tax Policy.
- - U.S. Treasury Department: Tax Policy.
- - Texas Comptroller: Taxes.
- - Pearland: City Tax Information.
- - Brazoria County Tax Office.
- - Texas Education Agency: School District Property Values and Tax Rates.
- - TACC: Property Taxes at Texas Community Colleges.
- Public Opinion and the Media.
- - Public Opinion.
- - Public Opinion and the Policy Agenda.
- - The Issue Attention Cycle.
- - Wikipedia: Agenda-setting theory.
- - From the Monkey Cage: Rich people rule!
- - Wikipedia: Political Movements.
- The Public Policy Process.
- - The Public Policy Process.
