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Security & Liberty
Case: Civil Liberties in War time
• Who are the players?
• What public interests do they assert are involved? – How do they frame the “problem?”
• What do they want government to do?
• How do the “Policy Cycles” Model and the “Policy Streams” Model help us to understand this case?
How do claims get identified by the government, validated, and prioritiz
ed?• Elections
• Legislative hearings
• budgets for programs & implementing agencies
• regulations by agencies for “qualifying”
• Referenda/ballot questions
Security
Having “needs” fulfilled
Security
• What are real needs v. wants? – Real vs. symbolic needs – Absolute vs. relative needs – Current needs vs. averting future needs
• What are appropriate yardsticks for measuring need? • What needs should government address given limited
resources --priorities? • How should government address those needs deemed
worthy? • How should burdens of addressing recognized public
needs [security] a collective responsibility be distributed [equity]?
Liberty
Freedom from government interference in personal choice & action
When should government limit liberties – if ever?
• Physical harm – violence – public health
• Material harm – vandalism laws – zoning laws
• Amenities – Some land use laws
• Psychological, emotional, & spiritual harm – prohibition on school p
rayers – "blue" laws
“Positive” Liberty
• Having the requisite resources to have the freedom to make personal choices – inequities in wealth, knowledge, influence ine
quities in liberty – So, equity demands that government redistrib
ute resources to aid liberty • affirmative action in education & public employmen
t is needed to provide those with lesser educational & employment opportunities with access
• minimum wage laws?