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We The People Ch. 16 - 17We The People Ch. 16 - 17

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?

II. The Politics and Policies of Social Welfare

A. Negative Government vs. Positive GovernmentB. Transfer PaymentsC. Entitlement ProgramsD. Social Security Programs 1. Social Security 2. Unemployment Insurance 3. Medicare

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

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

III. Education as Equality of Opportunity

A. Public Education: Leveling through SchoolsB. Public School IssuesC. The Federal Role in

Education: Political Differences 1. GI Bill 2. No Child Left Behind Act

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

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

A. The Cold War and Vietnam 1. BipolarB. Disintegration of “the Evil

Empire” 1. UnipolarC. A New World Order 1. Multilateralism

I. The Roots of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy

(continued)

D. The War on Terrorism 1. Preemptive War

DoctrineE. The Iraq War 1. Unilateralism

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

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

C. The Politics of National Defense

1. The Military-Industrial Complex

IV. The Economic Dimension of National Security Policy

A. A Changing World EconomyB. America’s 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

V. The New World A. America’s Top Priority 1. Global Terrorism