Title: Public Policy
1Public Policy
- Economic performance
- Social welfare
- Population/Migration
- The environment
- Civil liberties, rights, and freedoms
2Economic Performance
3Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
- This is the Purchasing Power Parity adjustment
for the countries of the world as of 2003. The
U.S. economy is used as a reference or benchmark,
so that country is set at 100. Bermuda has the
highest index value, 154, thus goods sold there
are more expensive than in the United States.
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6Social Welfare Health Care
7Social Welfare Public Health
8Social Welfare Education
9Population and Migration
10Population and Migration
11The Environment
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14HDI Human Development Index
HDI ranks countries by level of development. The
HDI value is composed of the following data life
expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling,
expected years of schooling, and income index or
GDP per capita. The higher the value, the more
developed the country.
15The Gini Index
- Differences in national income equality around
the world are measured by the national Gini
coefficient. The Gini coefficient is a number
between 0 and 1, where 0 corresponds with perfect
equality (where everyone has the same income) and
1 corresponds with perfect inequality (where one
person has all the income, and everyone else has
zero income). The Gini Index does not measure
levels of povertyit measures a countrys the
distribution of wealth.
16Civil Liberties
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19Freedom House Index
United States Political Rights Score Civil Rights Score Status
Great Britain Political Rights Score Civil Rights Score Status
Russia Political Rights Score Civil Rights Score Status
China Political Rights Score Civil Rights Score Status
Mexico Political Rights Score Civil Rights Score Status
Iran Political Rights Score Civil Rights Score Status
Nigeria Political Rights Score Civil Rights Score Status
What makes a country partly free or not free?
20Post-Materialist Values
- the political culture in advanced democracies
reflects an emphasis on these post-modern or
post-materialist values - secularism non-religious life
- materialism valuing concrete objects and
possessions - technology nuclear disarmament
- ecology preservation of the environment
- freedom and equality of the individual