Monday, March 13, 2023

Week 16

2305: Foreign Policy
2306: Public Policy in Texas

2305: Chapter 17: Foreign Policy
- foreign policy
- security
- security threats
- non-state actors
- isolationism
- the Cold War
- containment
- deterrence
- preventive war
- appeasement
- nation-state
- preemption
- Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
- America First
- Economic Prosperity
- most favored nation status
- World Trade Organization
- North American Free Trade Association
- United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
- free trade
- protectionism
- international humanitarian policies
- environmental policy
- human rights policy
- peacekeeping
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 
- Actors
- president and advisors
- commander in chief
- inherent power
- State, Defense, and Treasury Departments
- Joint Chiefs of Staff
- National Security Council
- The Intelligence Community
- Enumerated Powers
- treaty making
- executive agreement
- congressional committees
- diplomacy
- foreign service
- United Nations
- International Monetary Fund
- Economic Aid
- Economic Sanctions
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- military force
- International Court of Justice

2306: Public Policy in Texas
- low-tax, low-service
- agenda setting
- policy creation
- policy adoption
- policy implementation
- policy evaluation and assessment
- redistributive policies
- health care 
- poverty
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Affordable Care Act
- Social Security
- Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
- means tested programs
- unemployment benefits
- workers compensation
- immigration
- border security
- deportation
- education
- k-12 funding
- permanent school fund
- foundation school fund
- available school fund
- EISD v. Kirby
- vouchers
- school reform
- standardized tests
- education accountability
- diversity
- special education
- bullying
- higher education
- permanent university fund
- tuition
- community colleges
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- affirmative action
- transportation
- energy
- the environment
- water
- Texas Water Development Board
- right of capture
- water pollution
- air pollution
- energy sources



- Education Policy in Texas.
- Health and Human Services Policy in Texas.
- Business and Economic Development Policy in Texas.
- Criminal Justice and Public Safety Policy in Texas.
- Natural Resources Policy in Texas.
Regulatory Policy in Texas.








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Areas of Public Policy

2305

- Delegated
- - War and Defense
- - Commerce
- - - Transportation
- - - Communication

- Implied
- - Banking
- - Health, Education, and Welfare
- - Labor

2306
- Reserved

How are these best understood? 

The States
- Constitutional Articles
- Areas of Spending in the Fiscal Size-Up

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Chapter Fourteen: Lone Star Politics - Social Policy: Education, Health, and Immigration

Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Education Reform Act
entitlement programs
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Medicaid
Medicare
Permanent University Fund (PUF)
redistributive programs
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)