Public Policy

only when Donahue specifically said: I want you to know this

who is this?

C. Write Mills - A sociology professor at Columbia who wrote the Power Elite. Proponent of Elite theory

who is this?

Robert Dahl was a founder of group theory

who is this?

Elmer Eric Schattschneider (E.E.Schnider) Wrote the semisoveriegn people, Interst groujps with most money have the most power - proponent of elite theory

who is this?

Anthony Downs

• Economist worked on public policy problems

• University of Chicago

• Wrote still stuck in traffic

• Served in the US department of housing and urban development

who is this?

John Nash

• Mental illness histroy

• Created game theory

• Won nobel prize for economics in 1994

• Business, bargaining, and cooperations

• Prisoners dilemma (famous game theory)

who is this?

Theda Skocpol

• From michigan. Professor at Harvard

• Protecting soldiers and mothers

• Looked at social welfare policy

iron triangle

• why we spend so much money on weapons

• congressional committees, bureaucratic agencies, and special interest groups

who is this?

John Maynard Keynes

kenesian economics. governments don’t always need a balanced budget, they can pay them off eventually. itll stimulate the local economy

policy advocates

• Interest groups –mental health condition interest groups, mental health provider interest groups, hospital interest groups NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness Mental Health and Psychiatry Interest Group, DBSA - Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Federal groups

SSA - Social Security Administration DHHS - Department of Heatlh and Human Services

State and local versions of agencies

MDHHS - Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Local social security adminstrations