Political Science 1

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Political Science 1

• We The People Ch. 16 - 17

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We The People Ch. 16 Welfare and Education
Policy Providing for Personal and Security Need

• I. Poverty in America The Nature of the
  Problem
• A. The Poor Who and How Many?
• 1. Poverty Line
• B. Living in Poverty By Choice or
  Chance?

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II. The Politics and Policies of Social Welfare

• A. Negative Government vs. Positive
  Government
• B. Transfer Payments
• C. Entitlement Programs
• D. Social Security Programs
• 1. Social Security
• 2. Unemployment Insurance
• 3. Medicare

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II. The Politics and Policies of Social
Welfare (continued)

• E. Public Assistance Programs
• 1. Means Test
• 2. Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• 3. Temporary Assistance for Needy
  Families (TANF)
• 4. Food Stamps
• 5. Subsidized Housing
• 6. Medicaid

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II. The Politics and Policies of Social
Welfare (continued)

• F. Culture, Welfare, and Income
• 1. Inefficiency and Inequity
• 2. Income and Tax Measures
• a. Effective Tax Rate

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III. Education as Equality of Opportunity

• A. Public Education Leveling through
  Schools
• B. Public School Issues
• C. The Federal Role in Education
  Political Differences
• 1. GI Bill
• 2. No Child Left Behind Act

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We The People Ch. 17 Foreign and Defense
Policy Protecting the American Way

• I. The Roots of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy
• A. The U.S. as Global Superpower
• 1. Isolationist
• 2. Internationalist
• 3. Doctrine of Containment

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I. The Roots of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy
(continued)

• A. The Cold War and Vietnam
• 1. Bipolar
• B. Disintegration of the Evil Empire
• 1. Unipolar
• C. A New World Order
• 1. Multilateralism

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I. The Roots of U.S. Foreign and Defense
Policy (continued)

• D. The War on Terrorism
• 1. Preemptive War Doctrine
• E. The Iraq War
• 1. Unilateralism

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III. The Military Dimension of National
Security Policy

• A. Military Power, Uses, and
  Capabilities
• 1. Nuclear War Capability
• a. Deterrence Policy
• b. Conventional and Guerrilla War
  Capability

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III. The Military Dimension of National
Security Policy (continued)

• C. The Politics of National Defense
• 1. The Military-Industrial Complex

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IV. The Economic Dimension of National Security
Policy

• A. A Changing World Economy
• B. Americas Global Economic Goals
• 1. Access to Natural Resources
• 2. Global Trade
• a. Multinational Corporations
• b. Economic Globalization
• c. Free Trade Position
• d. Protectionism
• 3. Relations with the Developing World

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V. The New World

• A. Americas Top Priority
• 1. Global Terrorism