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Public Policy Chapter 4 Summary

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By reading chapter four I have learned about the official actors involved in our government. This is key knowledge if we are going to learn about how to influence Public Policy in this country. We read about the Legislative branch of our government in the text. This branch is responsible for writing the laws that are to govern our land. They are also responsible for the oversight of these laws to see how they are affecting the people in this country. The book also talks about the news media being one of the unofficial actors in our democracy. They have been at times important to the process to keep politicians accountable for their policies. In the next chapter we see how each of these unofficial actors plays a role in our Public Policy.
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