Social Problems, Public Policy and Political Responsibility

For more than a century, disease campaigns have been the causes Americans ask their neighbors to donate to and the issues that inspire them to march and volunteer. Studies of social movements, interest groups, agenda setting, and social problems tend to focus on contentious politics and study one movement or organization at a time. But these approaches cannot reveal why disease campaigns are the battles Americans can agree to fight, why some diseases attract more attention than others, and how fighting one disease at a time changes charity and public policy. Understanding the causes and effects of disease campaigns, requires studying consensus politics and collecting data on fields of organizations over long time periods.

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Research in Social Problems and Public Policy

Transforming Government People Process and Policy ◽

10.1108/tg.2010.32604aaa.003 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Social Problems

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KEBIJAKAN PUBLIK UNTUK KESEJAHTERAAN RAKYAT

Transparansi Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Administrasi ◽

10.31334/trans.v6i2.33 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 98-102

Author(s):

Agus Suryono

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Social Problems ◽

Well Being ◽

The State ◽

The People ◽

Policy Challenge ◽

The Right

Welfare of the people is one of the goals of the state. In certain mechanism is required to make it happen that is reflected in public policy is made. Issues related to the problems that arise in realizing kesejahkteraan through public policy challenge. The right strategy in providing public policy that supports the well-being of the people in overcoming social problems are very important for further investigation.

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Have we oversold the Silicon Valley model of entrepreneurship?

Small Business Economics ◽

10.1007/s11187-019-00272-4 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

David B. Audretsch

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Social Problems ◽

Silicon Valley ◽

The Public ◽

The World ◽

Policy Community

Abstract The Silicon Valley model of entrepreneurship has captured the imagination of the public, the attention of the public policy community throughout the world who want to emulate it, and the focus of scholars seeking to understand it. Entrepreneurship has enabled the Silicon Valley region to harness the opportunities afforded by globalization rather than succumbing as a victim. The purpose of this paper is to suggest that there are limits to the Silicon Valley model of entrepreneurship in addressing the most compelling contemporary economic and social problems and that a broader, more inclusive understanding of and approach to entrepreneurship might be more useful.

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Altruism and Desert

Utilitas ◽

10.1017/s0953820819000190 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 310-325

Author(s):

Sean Clancy

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Social Problems ◽

Moral Reason ◽

Moral Reasons ◽

Turn On ◽

To Receive

AbstractSuppose that virtue is intrinsically morally good, and that we have a pro tanto moral reason to act in ways which promote it. Further suppose that the failure of agents to receive what they deserve is intrinsically morally bad, and that we have a pro tanto moral reason not to act in ways which frustrate desert. When we are deciding whether to encourage others to make altruistic sacrifices, these two pro tanto moral reasons come into conflict. To encourage such sacrifices promotes virtue; it also causes virtuous agents to be worse off, preventing them from receiving their deserts. I argue that these effects on desert can reduce the moral desirability of promoting altruism so significantly as to make it morally wrong. This has implications for public policy, since certain practical questions turn on the extent to which we ought to rely on altruism as a means of solving social problems.

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