Chapter 13: Domestic Policy

Chapter Outline

Public Policy Is Government Coercion

The Tools for Making Policy Are Techniques of Control

• Promotional Techniques Get People to Do Things by Giving Them Rewards
• Regulatory Techniques Are Rules Backed by Penalties
• Redistributive Techniques Affect Broad Classes of People

Social Policy and the Welfare System Buttress Equality

• The History of the Government Welfare System Dates Only to the 1930s
• The Social Security Act of 1935 Was the Foundation of the Welfare System
• Welfare Reform Has Dominated the Welfare Agenda in Recent Years

Social Policy Spending Benefits the Middle Class More Than the Poor

• Senior Citizens Now Receive over a Third of All Federal Dollars
• The Middle Class Benefits from Social Policies
• The Working Poor Receive Fewer Benefits
• Spending for the Nonworking Poor Is Declining
• Minorities, Women, and Children Are Most Likely to Face Poverty

The Cycle of Poverty Can Be Broken by Education, Employment, Health, and Housing Policies

• Education Policies Provide Life Tools
• Employment and Training Programs Mean Steady Incomes
• Health Policies Mean Fewer Sick Days
• Housing Policies Provide Residential Stability

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