Public Policy: Meaning, Functions of US Federal Government, Importance, and Alternative Options

Running head: PUBLIC POLICY
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PUBLIC POLICY 2
Introduction
The reason why citizens in any given country have a ruling authority is to try to solve the
daily problems that ordinary citizens face in an organized manner. Every government have its
way of addressing the issues that the citizens raise. However, in most of the circumstances, the
authority makes use of public policies. The term public policy refers to the means in which the
administration used to respond to the needs of the members of the society according to Dunn,
(2015). For example, if it is a matter of security, the government can come with a directive that
maintains a certain number of police of police officers in a specific region. The study of public
policies aims at analyzing how the government come up with essential programs to address the
nation’s challenges. Those who study public systems enjoy various advantages. They can assist
in coming up with directives that solve poverty, health problems and address the general human
rights in reference to Hill & Hupe, (2014). The best policy-making platform here is politics.
The meaning of public policy and the primary functions of the three branches of the United
States federal government.
Public policy refers to medium the government use responds to the social challenges
regarding social, political and economic problems. For example, in the case of US, if the
government have identified that many people are not able to afford the medical care, the
Congress can pass some rules to ensure everyone can access treatment in reference to Vedung,
(2017). One way of doing it is coming up with medical insurance for every citizen.
On the other hand, the federal government of America have three main branches which
include Judiciary, Legislature and the executive. Beginning with the Judiciary, it is made up of
Federal courts and the Supreme court. All these courts have judges of different levels.